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Cutting Edge DVD Immerses Users
in a Double Dose of Science "Faction"
SANTA CRUZ, CA - June 1,
2000 - What do you get when you combine the haunting realism of the Blair Witch
Project, the interactivity of Myst, Avante-fringe conspiracy theory and the top
selling e-book by author Joseph Matheny? You get the first double movie title to
be written, produced, and directed specifically for the DVD-ROM medium.
iMMERSION New Media, a leading provider of hybrid media solutions, has announced
the launch of the first movie to be created specifically for DVD ROM. This DVD
release will not only showcase the iMMERSION line of multimedia software tools,
it will prove iMMERSION's ability to successfully combine the intense
interactivity of the Internet with the enveloping characters and story line of a
motion picture.
The DVD itself will actually contain two different
movies, one on each side of the disc. One side tells the story of Ong's Hat and
the Incunabula Papers, a tale of intrigue narrated by Joseph Matheny, CEO of
iMMERSION New Media. The movie investigates the circumstances surrounding the
shocking recent discovery of a parallel dimension in a New Jersey physics
laboratory. As you watch the movie, you are presented with a myriad of
interactive opportunities to explore this mystery yourself using the Internet as
your guide.
Side B of the DVD will contain a movie by Alexandra Chica
Bruce that embodies a similar aesthetic to the Incunabula Papers. Titled Montauk
Memories: True Stories from a Parallel Universe, it is based on the testimonies
of people who claim to be survivors of the Montauk Project. According to
these accounts, the Montauk Project was a series of high security operations
conducted by the US Office of Naval Intelligence, under the supervision of
off-planetary beings. The movie offers first person glimpses of these
experiments in time travel, genetic engineering and mind control that reportedly
took place at an underground installation located beneath a derelict military
base. The viewer is posited as the experiencer of these bizarre
goings-on.
Both movies combine the captivating nature of the cinema with
live, dynamic Internet content, a combination that represents the first such
interconnection between the film industry, the Internet, and the DVD ROM medium.
And because both movies were entirely written, shot, and produced solely for DVD
ROM, they contain a synchronicity between the medium and the message that is
otherwise unobtainable.
Produced using the iMMERSION suite of software
products, this DVD enables you to view Internet content from within the movies
themselves. You can use the DVD disc to view live, streaming media on the
Internet in conjunction with DVD-specific content, or you can simply get caught
up in the movies themselves. The benefit of the DVD medium is obvious when you
realize that this particular DVD release will be viewable on more than 50
million DVD-ROM players worldwide, including the Sony PlayStation2 and
Microsoft's X-Box. iMMERSION's groundbreaking DVD release will reach millions of
people using technology they already own. In technological terms, the audience
is ready for this new integration of story, interactivity, and technology. But
are they prepared for the psychological impact this union will spawn?
