SENSIO Showcases Spectacular 3-D Movies With Its Innovative SENSIO 3D Home Theatre Solution At CES 2003

10-Jan-03

2003 Innovations award honoree SENSIO has introduced its patent-pending SENSIOô 3D video processor at CES, showing clips from four extraordinary 3-D movies at their booth (21108), including the IMAX 3D movie ""SOS Planet,"" soon to be released in North America. Hosted by award-winning journalist Walter Cronkite and directed by Ben Stassen, the film is produced by nWave Pictures, with the support of the World Wildlife Fund, and will be distributed on DVD by SlingShot Entertainment.SENSIO will also present an excerpt from ""Journey Of Man,"" a visual and musical celebration of life featuring unique performers of Cirque du Soleil, a 3-D IMAX film produced by Peter Wagg for Sony Pictures Classics. The last two clips are from ""Ultimate G's,"" an aerial adventure directed by Carl Samson, which takes place over the spectacular backdrop of the Grand Canyon, also released on IMAX screens, and ""Transitions,"" the very first IMAX 3D movie originally shown during the 1986 Vancouver world fair.A New Era For 3-D Movies ""SENSIO is not only launching the most innovative 3-D home theatre technology at CES but we are making sure that retailers and consumers will have access to the best 3-D movies from a library of approximately 150 existing titles on film,"" said Nicholas Routhier, President of SENSIO. ""They will include some of the sixty classic 3-D movies made in the 50s such as Hitchcock's 'Dial M For Murder' and 'House Of Wax' starring Vincent Price as well as some of the more recent 80s movies such as 'Jaws 3D' and 'Friday The 13th 3D.'""The quality of these 3-D movies was very good, but sadly, the projection technologies used in theatres at the time did not do them justice. With SENSIO 3D technology, we can finally screen them as they were meant to be--enjoying quality on par with today's best theme park and movie theatre experiences, in the comfort of our homes.""The library will also include 3-D movies originally presented in IMAX theatres. We continue to build relationships with major studios and independent distributors and producers such as Sony Pictures Classics, SlingShot Entertainment, MGM United Artists Home Video, The Stephen Low Company, and IMAX Corporation in order to reach our goal. Ten new IMAX 3D films are actually in production worldwide including 'Ghosts Of The Abyss,' a movie by Academy AwardÆ director James Cameron ('Titanic'). We also began offering our SENSIO 3D formatting service in conjunction with Technicolor through their Canadian subsidiary Covitec.""SENSIO 3D: A High-End Plug-And-Play Product For ConsumersThe SENSIO 3D processor is the only 3-D product designed specifically for home theatres and is compatible with conventional DVD players as well as CRT, LCD, DLPô, and D-ILAÆ projectors. The user-friendly, easy-to-install system also requires wireless glasses and offers unparalleled screening comfort. SENSIO 3D is the only MPEG-2-compliant stereoscopic format allowing full-screen, DVD-resolution, and full-color 3-D pictures compatible with future distribution channels such as pay-per-view, video-on-demand, and DTV and HDTV broadcast.A North American LaunchLaunched at CES, the SENSIO 3D processor is now ready for orders. Audio Plus Services is distributing the product in the retail market in North America, targeting mid- to high-end home theatre systems owners. SENSIO is therefore benefiting from an established network of selected audio and video retailers in more than 80 markets in the U.S. and Canada. The processor will be delivered to retailers with two pairs of wireless glasses, one DVD demo, and a 3-D movie. Customers will be able to order 3-D movies on DVD online. Customers will also receive a free newsletter with news and information about new 3-D releases. ""We are also looking at licensing opportunities and strategic alliances for the development and co-marketing of complementary technologies, explained Richard LaBerge, Vice Presdient, Sales & Marketing. Our focus is to enable home theatre systems with our proprietary technologies and to continue to develop cutting-edge software and hardware tools for the consumers and the creative community at large.""About SENSIOFounded in 1999 and privately held, SENSIO brings the home movie experience to its next level by developing and marketing avant-garde technologies that offer the most advanced and immersive movie theatre experience to home viewers. The first product derived from SENSIO's research and development effort is SENSIO 3D, a revolutionary video processor transforming the conventional home theatre into a 3-D stereoscopic movie experience. The headquarters of SENSIO are in Montreal, Canada. Primary investors include CDP Acces Capital (Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec--CDPQ), RESO Investissements Inc., and current management. For more information, visit www.sensio.tv.

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