Virtual World on the Internet to provide users product information and real-time interaction in 3D

SANTA CLARA, CA – December 10, 1997—ELSA today announced its new 3D interactive website at Fall Internet World ‘97. Utilizing the InterSpace technology of NTT Software, this site enables users to wander through rooms and explore the ELSA product line in a fully 3D environment. Audio and video interaction with other users is an additional key feature of the website made possible by NTT’s InterSpace. With intensive graphics, the site is best viewed with ELSA’s line of 2D & 3D graphics accelerators. Visit NTT’s booth #1288 at Internet World for a live demo.

InterSpace is a multi-user virtual reality environment that allows people to communicate with one another within shared 3D virtual worlds. Using avatars, it captures the user’s own voice and facial expressions with real-time audio and video over the Internet. InterSpace VR applications can now be accessed using a 28.8 Kbps modem, representing a major bandwidth breakthrough for VR technology. InterSpace VR is bundled with ELSA WINNER 2000/Office, the perfect solution for home and office users with intensive graphics requirements.

"Our website promises to be an exciting experience for our customers. The InterSpace technology has given us the capability to go beyond straight text enhanced with 2D graphics into a world that offers stunning 3D graphics and real-time interaction," stated Thomas Neubert, vice president of sales and marketing for ELSA Inc. "Our customers can only benefit from this fresh new look at our outstanding products."

"We’re excited to bring a new VR dimension to ELSA’s website that engages customers with a whole new interactive experience," says Mike Bartzel, marketing and sales manager of NTT SOFT. "We believe ELSA’s website will prove how virtual reality isn’t just fun and games, it’s making doing business easier, too," he added.

About NTT Software:

NTT Software Corporation was established in 1985. The California Branch of NTT Soft, formed in 1995, is a United States software development division of NTT Soft, a subsidiary of Japanese telecommunication giant Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation. NTT Soft is marketing and developing the virtual reality platform InterSpaceä, originally created and deployed at the NTT Human Interface Laboratory, in Yokosuka, Japan. InterSpaceä is a virtual reality software platform that offers 2-way audio and video, interactive 3D communications for multiple users in real-time for electronic commerce, distance learning and entertainment computer applications. For more information contact NTT SOFT at (650) 688-1104, or visit their website at http://www.ntts.com.

ELSA Inc. is a subsidiary of ELSA AG, a stock company based in Aachen, Germany. Founded in 1980, ELSA has built a world-class reputation in high-performance 2D and 3D graphics solutions in addition to a wide ranging ISDN and videoconferencing product family.

ELSA is a trademark of ELSA Inc. All other trademarks and registered trademarks previously cited are hereby acknowledged and recognized.