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IPIX Selected for Prestigious International Center of
Photography'sPresident's Council
IPIX to Join Leaders From the Imaging, Communications and Publishing
Industries
OAK RIDGE, Tenn., Nov. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Interactive Pictures Corporation
(Nasdaq: <A HREF="aol://4785:IPIX">IPIX</A>), a world leader
in immersive
imaging for the Internet, announced that they have been selected as
the first
immersive imaging representative on the International Center of Photography's
(ICP) President's Council. In this role, IPIX will join other
industry
leaders in the imaging, communications and publishing fields to offer
expert
advice on trends and activities for ICP, New York's internationally
renowned
museum of photography.
"IPIX is a company on the leading edge of photography and video-based
immersion," said Willis Hartshorn, ICP Director. "We are pleased
to have
them join our President's Council and bring their expertise to us on
the
future of imaging for the Internet."
IPIX, whose technology creates fully navigable 360-by-360 degree images,
is
the first and only company on the council whose focus is immersive
imaging,
adding a new dimension of expertise to the group.
"We are honored to work with the International Center of Photography
to build
awareness, understanding and passion for photography for the Internet,"
said
IPIX Chairman & CEO, Jim Phillips. "IPIX has pioneered the
mainstream
adoption of immersive imaging on the Internet and we are excited to
work with
leaders from companies including Corbis, National Geographic, Kodak,
Conde
Nast Publications and LIFE Magazine to continue enabling creative photography
applications through ICP."
The mission of the President's Council is to "provide expertise, influence,
and funding strategies to build awareness, understanding and passion
for
photography through the growth and development of ICP." Members
serve as
advisors to the President of ICP's Board of Trustees, providing expert
advice
on trends and activities in the camera and related visual medium industries,
cash and in-kind contributions and participation in committees and
special
projects.
Recently, Interactive Pictures and bamboo.com (Nasdaq: <A
HREF="aol://4785:BAMB">BAMB</A>) announced a definitive agreement
to merge
their two companies. The deal positions the integrated company
to be the
premier provider of interactive imagery for the Internet, serving the
real
estate, travel and hospitality, e-commerce, electronic publishing,
education
and entertainment markets.
To date, IPIX technology has replaced traditional photographs on many
leading
Internet sites. The real estate, e-commerce, automotive, travel/tourism,
entertainment, hospitality, education, broadcast journalism industries
have
capitalized on how well IPIX images take viewers directly into a home,
a car,
a stadium or an event -- using a standard computer mouse for navigation,
pan
and zoom.
About the International Center of Photography
The International Center of Photography founded by Cornell Capa in 1974
is a
museum, a school and a center for photographers and photography.
ICP
celebrates photography's diversity in many roles: as an agent
of social
change, a medium of aesthetic expression, a tool for scientific or
historical
research, and a repository for personal experience and memory.
Like the
changing photographic medium itself, ICP's mission is expanding to
encompass
the new electronic imaging media which will shape the twenty-first
century
just as photography did the twentieth.
About Interactive Pictures
With technology originally developed on behalf of NASA and the U.S.
Department of Energy as a means to provide total remote viewing of
hazardous
environments, an IPIX image places viewers in the center of a picture
and
allows them to navigate the environment in real time as if they were
teleported into that space. IPIX is an easy to use and affordable
photography solution that delivers a completely immersive 360 x 360
degree
photographic experience providing interactive, spherical images.
An IPIX
image takes the viewer from earth to sky, floor to ceiling, and horizon
to
horizon, all from two simple opposing photographs captured by a fisheye
lens
and seamlessly blended.
Interactive Pictures has helped numerous organizations create virtual
tours
and enhanced digital marketing/electronic commerce efforts for many
leading
companies including Microsoft, Disney, Hilton Hotels, Toyota, Intel,
National
Geographic, Rent.Net, Coldwell Banker, CNN, The New York Times, The
Chicago
Tribune, Discovery Communications, the NFL, and the NBA. Interactive
Pictures maintains corporate headquarters in Oak Ridge, Tennessee,
and San
Jose, California. Corporate investors include Advanced Publications,
American Express, Discovery Communications, GE Capital, Liberty Media,
MediaOne, and Motorola. For more information on Interactive Pictures
products, visit www.ipix.com.
NOTE: Interactive Pictures and IPIX are trademarks of Interactive
Pictures
Corporation. Other product and company names herein may be trademarks
of
their respective owners.
This press release contains forward-looking information within the meaning
of
Section 27A of the Securities Exchange Act of 1933 and Section 21E
of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934, and is subject to the safe harbors
created
by those sections. Actual results may differ materially.
The matters
discussed in this press release also involve risks and uncertainties
described from time to time in Interactive Pictures Corporation's filings
with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In particular,
see "Risk
Factors" in the Final Prospectus included in the Company's Registration
Statement on Form S-1 declared effective by the SEC on August 4, 1999
(
http://www.sec.gov ).
SOURCE Interactive Pictures Corporation
CO: Interactive Pictures Corporation; International Center of
Photography;
bamboo.com
ST: Tennessee, California, New York
IN: MLM LEI
SU:
11/09/1999 09:01 EST http://www.prnewswire.com
Imagine if Robert Cappa had a 360 X 360 IPIX Camera at the Normandy
Landing?
Please E-Mail me IF the link to the earlier story DID NOT work.
If this is
the first time you are looking at this than previous attempts did not
work,
My point is: This is the SIMON WIDE of today.
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Joe