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RasterOps announces The Wall
Copyright 1992, RasterOps Corporation
For Immediate Release
Contacts:
Mary Looram
Cunningham Communication, Inc.
(408) 982-0400
RasterOps Announces The Wall
First Multi-Screen Display System to Offer Full-wall Video and Graphics
SANTA CLARA, Calif., July 27, 1992 — The RasterOps Wall Division today
announced the first multi-screen display system to concurrently display
full-wall video with high-resolution color graphics, text and animation, via an
Apple® Macintosh®. The Wall™ is a larger-than-life medium for communicating
ideas by focusing on the visual impact of a wall of monitors or projectors. An
increasing number of multi-screen display systems are being used in hotels,
showrooms, corporate presentation centers, retail floors and point-of-purchase
displays.
Most competitive offerings require that customers choose between a graphics
wall with limited or no video capabilities or a video wall with low-resolution
graphics. RasterOps is the first company to integrate full-wall video and
high-resolution graphics in a true videographic wall. In keeping with
RasterOps’ commitment to high-performance and cost-effective color imaging, The
Wall allows customers, previously priced out of the videographic wall market,
to deliver their messages to a dramatically increased number of people.
“As a pioneer in high-quality color imaging solutions on the desktop, our go
is to provide the same degree of quality, ease-of-use and price/performance to
customers making big picture
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presentations,” said Andréa Skov, director of marketing for the RasterOps Wall
Division. “These high-impact displays will add a new dimension to the way
customers communicate their ideas.”
The Wall is an expandable array of monitors or projectors controlled by
RasterOps WallBoards™ which can display up to 10 live video sources in addition
to high-resolution graphics, text and animation. Because the WallBoards reside
in the Macintosh, the need for special interfaces to expensive external control
units is eliminated. The shape of the Wall is also
user-definable, as the Wall is controlled completely by the Macintosh. Modular
in design, The Wall allows small system configurations to be expanded later
into larger systems.
The RasterOps Wall Division takes an innovative approach to eliminating the
need for custom programming, a time-consuming, expensive requirement of other
video and graphic walls. In addition to providing a simple user interface,
RasterOps includes a collection of Plug-and-Play WallTemplates™ — a series of
HyperCard™ and Macromedia Director™ wall presentations using The Wall’s wide
array of special effects. As a natural extension of the Macintosh display, The
Wall can also run any off-the-shelf software, including all of the popular
authoring, presentation and graphics software.
The Wall is a complete, Macintosh-ready system including non-interlaced,
flicker-free 31.5 KHz displays. The RasterOps WallBoard is a 16-bit per pixel,
1162 x 864 Macintosh II NuBus card, with four NTSC, PAL, S-video inputs. In
addition, The Wall includes cabling and modular WallStands™, designed to allow
customers to mount literature racks, display logos and advertising messages,
house speakers or use as storage.
The Wall will be available in September 1992. For pricing and additional
information call (408) 562-4200.
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RasterOps Corporation designs, manufactures, markets and supports true color
photorealistic imaging systems for Apple Macintosh and Quadra series computers,
IBM® Micro Channel computers and Sun SPARCstations™. The company also
manufactures similar products on an OEM basis for DEC™, Hewlett-Packard®, IBM
and Sony® workstations. RasterOps’ products are designed primarily for the
graphic arts, creative services, publishing, advertising and related
industries.
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The Wall, WallBoards, Plug-and-Play WallTemplates and WallStands are trademarks
of RasterOps Corporation.
All trademarks and registered trademarks are those of their respective holders.
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