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| Contact: Jane Fainer 3Dconnexion Announces Public Beta Release of Plug-Ins for Blender Support Award-Winning 3Dconnexion SpaceNavigator Simplifies and Enhances Digital Content Creation Experience for Blender Artists San Jose, Calif. – Aug. 7, 2007 – 3Dconnexion, a Logitech company, today announced a public beta release of plug-ins that allow its line of 3D mice to support Blender, a free, open-source, 3D-content-creation software suite. Designers and animators can now use 3Dconnexion’s SpaceNavigator™ 3D mouse with Blender for a better design experience when animating, rendering, modeling, texturing, and creating interactive 3D applications, including game creation. 3Dconnexion is offering support for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux versions of Blender. The public beta software is available at www.3dconnexion.com/solutions/blender.php. 3Dconnexion’s 3D mice enable seamless control and navigation of 3D objects and scenes.The SpaceNavigator 3D mouse, the newest addition to 3Dconnexion’s product line, features an easy-to-use controller cap that can be pulled, tilted or twisted to simultaneously pan, zoom and rotate 3D models with greater ease and more control than can be achieved with a traditional computer mouse alone.Pressure-sensing technology and intuitive software allow designers to easily accelerate or decelerate actions by varying the amount of pressure on the cap. “The Blender community will benefit from using the SpaceNavigator with Blender’s free and open-source 3D creation suite,” said Ziva Nissan, 3Dconnexion’s director of product marketing. “3Dconnexion’s devices not only simplify 3D navigation and control, but add an element of fun for designers and animators alike, enhancing the overall Blender experience.” "3Dconnexion really got into the spirit of open source,” said Rui Campos, BlenderNation/BlenderBuilds.com. “Its support empowers Blender and the whole community to get closer to commercial applications while maintaining the free tag that Blender is known for. Five stars for 3Dconnexion from BlenderBuilds for its efforts to date.” 3Dconnexion continues to expand its product’s compatibility with leading 3D applications in the digital-content-creation market, providing advanced and affordable tools to enhance the creative experience in 3D design. The 3Dconnexion product line is supported by more than 100 of today’s most popular 3D applications, including Autodesk® Maya®, Autodesk® 3ds Max®, Adobe® Photoshop® CS3 Extended, Cinema 4D, form•Z, and all of the top-tier 3D CAD applications. Pricing and Availability Blender supports 3Dconnexion’s product line on Windows® 2000, Windows XP, Windows Vista™ and Linux (Redhat Enterprise Linux WS 3, SuSE 9.0 or greater). The 3Dconnexion SpaceNavigator is also supported by Blender on Mac® OS X 10.4.6 and above. The public beta plug-in for Blender is now available for download at www.3dconnexion.com/solutions/blender.php. SpaceNavigator Personal Edition (MSRP $59), SpaceNavigator Standard Edition (MSRP $99), SpaceTraveler™ (MSRP $199), SpaceExplorer™ (MSRP $299), and SpacePilot™ (MSRP $399) are available from major online resellers including Amazon, CDW and PC Mall as well as directly at www.3Dconnexion.com. About 3Dconnexion, a Logitech Company © 2007 3Dconnexion. All rights reserved. 3Dconnexion, the 3Dconnexion logo, and other 3Dconnexion marks are owned by 3Dconnexion and may be registered. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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