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Viewpoint Technology Chosen by diginiche and Novadaq to Bring Interactivity to the Global Medical Device Market

Business Wire , Dec 11, 2002

Business Editors

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 11, 2002

Viewpoint Corporation (Nasdaq: VWPT), a world leader in interactive graphics, today announced that Novadaq Technologies, Inc., a Toronto based medical device company, has deployed an interactive, 3D virtual online tour created by Viewpoint premier partner diginiche Inc., to introduce Novadaq's SPY(TM) Imaging System to the global market.

Novadaq called upon diginiche to obtain a technological alternative to presenting the 500-pound medical device to cardiac surgeons around the globe. The result is a sophisticated, Viewpoint-enabled online 3D virtual tour, which allows surgeons to assess the device for themselves from their personal computers by zooming in on key features, moving and rotating the view, and watching demonstrations. To experience the Spy Imaging System in interactive 3D, visit: http://www.novadaq.com and click on "3D virtual tour."

Barry Fogarty, President of diginiche notes, "our mandate was to create something that featured sophisticated yet intuitive user control, and high image quality, but at a minimal file size. We explored a number of technology options, and finally recommended building the presentation out in Viewpoint Experience Technology - a format that we think will become the standard for online product demonstrations."

According to Joel Palmer, Marketing Manager of Novadaq, "By using this 3D technology we can quickly and effectively present our SPY device without having to invest large amounts of time and money normally associated with shipping the actual unit to a potential customer. We're extremely pleased with the interactive presentation diginiche has put together; it really engages the customer in learning about the technology."

"Diginiche's ability to articulate the benefits of Viewpoint's technologies to new and exciting companies such as Novadaq has resulted in broader adoption of Viewpoint Experience Technology in the marketplace," commented Elaine McClay, Vice President of Vendor Relations for Viewpoint. "We're particularly excited about seeing our technologies and tools help a dynamic and innovative company like Novadaq communicate effectively with a global audience."

About the Spy Imaging System

Novadaq's SPY Imaging System is a fluorescence-imaging device that enables cardiac surgeons to simply and efficiently confirm proper placement of their coronary artery bypass grafts, and assess the functionality of those grafts while the patient is still on the operating room table. David Taggart, M.D., of John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford, UK, notes, "I believe that this system will be an invaluable tool both for routine assessment of coronary bypass grafts and even more importantly in situations where heart function is impaired after grafting but where the origin of the problem is uncertain. Indeed one of our patients is only alive because of the availability of this device."

About Viewpoint

Viewpoint Corporation (Nasdaq: VWPT) is a leading provider of interactive media technologies and services. Its graphics operating system platform, the Viewpoint Media Player, has been licensed by Fortune 500 companies for use in online, offline and embedded applications serving a wide variety of needs, including: business process visualizations, marketing campaigns, rich advertising and product presentations. The Company also provides cross media digital solutions for film, broadcast television and games. Headquartered in New York City, the Company also has offices in London, Los Angeles and Salt Lake City. Visit the Viewpoint Web site at http://www.viewpoint.com.

About Novadaq

Novadaq Technologies, founded in April 2000, is a spin-off from the National Research Council's Institute for Biodiagnostics in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and is privately held. Novadaq's corporate offices are in Toronto, Ontario, with research and development offices in Winnipeg, Manitoba, and sales offices in the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. Novadaq is an ISO 9001, ISO 13485 and EN 46001 certified manufacturer. For more information, visit: http://www.novadaq.com.

About diginiche

diginiche is one of North America's leading providers of interactive online virtual tours of places and products. diginiche merges the arts of photography and design with cutting-edge visualization technologies to deliver high quality interactive images that evoke the experience of being in a place or interacting with a product. Headquartered in Toronto, with additional production facilities in New York, diginiche services clients in a broad array of industries including automotive, travel, e-business and advertising. For more information, visit: http://www.diginiche.com.

This press release may contain "forward-looking" statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 and similar expressions that reflect Viewpoint's current expectations about its future performance, and are subject to risks, uncertainties and other factors that could cause Viewpoint's actual performance to differ materially from those expressed in, or implied by, these forward-looking statements. For information about these and other risks, uncertainties and factors, please review the disclosure contained in the Company's filings and reports on file with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Silver Lining

Digital technology gives hockey fans a close-up look at the Stanley Cup By Karen Moltenbrey The Stanley Cup-hockey's oldest, most coveted prize-has journeyed more miles than the most seasoned of business travelers. That's because every summer, during the sport's off-season, each member of the reigning championship team gets to spend 24 hours with the trophy. As a result of this unique tradition, the three-foot, 35-pound cup has circled the globe, with stays in foreign countries from Russia to Japan to Switzerland, and brief stops atop mountain peaks, in hot tubs, and inside igloos. Despite this exposure, relatively few people have ever seen the Stanley Cup close enough to read the individual names engraved on it. Even visitors to the Hockey Hall of Fame in Toronto, where the trophy is displayed, cannot see all the engravings, especially those inside the bowl. But thanks to digital technology, hockey fans throughout the world can now obtain a personal, close-up look at every inch of the Stanley Cup by using their home computers. "The Stanley Cup is the people's and players' trophy, so we want to give everyone the opportunity to have their own personal time with it," says Peter Jagla, producer of new media for the Hockey Hall of Fame. This can be accomplished in two ways: through an interactive 3D model or a high-resolution still image with a zoom feature, both of which are available on the Hall of Fame's Web site (www.legendsofhockey.net). Both types of imagery were created by diginiche, a Toronto- and New York-based visualization company that specializes in merging photography with digital technologies. To generate the 3D model, diginiche used Viewpoint's 3D Photo Studio software, which is based on a photographic rather than conventional computer-generated imaging process. First, the diginiche team snapped a series of 60 photos of the Cup in six-degree increments, as well as a registration grid, using a Kodak Professional DCS 330 digital camera. The camera, as well as the motorized turntable and strobes used for the photo shoot, were controlled through Photo Studio. By backlighting the trophy-no side or top lights were used-the team captured silhouette images of the Cup. Photo Studio then interpreted this information, and automatically generated a 3D model. The artists later imported the digital object into Alias|Wavefront's Maya, where they tweaked the geometry. Using Viewpoint's 3D Photo Studio, Diginiche generated a realistic interactive 3D model of the NHL's Stanley Cup trophy for the Hockey Hall of Fame's Web site. The visualization company also created a high-resolution 2D model, using Viewpoint& For the textures, the team again photographed the trophy, this time using top and side lights, then mapped the surface data onto the digital model using Photo Studio. "The end result is not a photorealistic 3D model; it's a photographic 3D model," notes Barry Fogarty, president of diginiche. "The point being that it is not almost as real as a photo; in many ways it is a photo." To ensure that the 3D model was Web-friendly, diginiche reduced the number of polygons and the texture resolution of the model. "This way it could be downloaded quickly," says Fogarty, "but the users couldn't see any of the fine details." As a solution, diginiche added a separate high-resolution, "zoomable" image to the Hall of Fame's Internet site. To generate the still image, diginiche used Kodak's ProBack Plus camera to create a 48mb file, which was repurposed for the Web using Viewpoint's ZoomView. "ZoomView converts the high-resolution image so users can interact with it in real-time by zooming and panning," notes Fogarty. "You can view the entire trophy, then zoom in on the individual names." According to Fogarty, the Cup's reflective properties made lighting the object for the project extremely difficult. "The Cup reflected everything in the studio," he says. To minimize the reflections, the group set up a customized lighting environment in which strobe lights were bounced off curved foam board to spread out the light evenly. In the near future, a pull-down interface will be added to the Internet site that will allow visitors to search for a year, team name, or individual's name, and the ZoomView software will automatically zoom in to that portion of the trophy. "There's a lot of history associated with the Stanley Cup, and many of the trophy's imperfections-such as dents and scratches-are reminders of memorable mo ments from the past," says the Hockey Hall of Fame's Jagla. For instance, there are names that are misspelled, and in one instance, there's a name that is x-ed out after the NHL discovered that the person was not on the roster for that particular championship team. "It would have been extremely expensive and time-consuming to have included these little nuances in a photorealistic 3D model created by hand," Fogarty says.

Onside / Onsidekick

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Technology Brings New Business Solution to Fragmented Sports

Apparel and Accessories Industry

NEW YORK, Feb. 13 /PRNewswire/ --

Onside inc. today announced the official launch of its customization technology with the introduction of its first vertical service provider (VSP), onsidekick.com, a sales support tool for the sporting goods industry. Onside inc. creates real-time visual customization and digital order technology, deployed via its VSPs, for branded and private label manufacturers.

Coming on the heels of successful demonstrations at the Super Show in Las Vegas and the PGA Show in Orlando, Onside inc.'s official launch of onsidekick.com reaffirms the company's commitment to implementing customization solutions and transforming the sports apparel and accessories industry. Onsidekick.com will provide manufacturers with the technology needed to allow their customers to design, order, and track shipment of products more efficiently. Onsidekick.com aims to streamline the manufacturing process in the apparel and accessories industry at a time when analysts observe that the industry could save up to $34 billion a year using automated Web connections. Onsidekick.com brings together this fragmented industry to allow customers to easily customize sports apparel and accessories, decrease costs, and have their orders delivered faster.

"Not only does onsidekick.com create dramatic manufacturing efficiencies and cost savings, but it also ensures manufacturers maintain control over their brands," said Brett Marchand, president of onside inc. "Onside's vision is to dramatically influence and speed the adoption of customization technology while driving the demand for customized products. Through innovative solutions for our customers, onsidekick.com will provide the sports apparel and accessories industry with the technology to significantly simplify the custom product process."

During the Magic Show in Las Vegas, February 13 - 16, the company will demonstrate, by appointment, onsidekick.com's capabilities in a hospitality suite (third floor) at the Venetian Hotel.

Onside inc.'s Technology Strategy

Onside inc.'s technology allows manufacturers to offer their customers the ability to design customized products using 3-D models and a rules-based engine, all within the parameters of basic structural and manufacturing rules. This enables buyers to view life-like, virtual samples of their designed product and see changes and modifications in real-time.

Onside inc. is committed to evolving its technology to meet the needs of its customers. Since new partners and customers require varying features and additional capacity, seamless management of this dynamic environment is essential.

Onside inc.'s Customization Technologies

Onside inc. combines four core technologies to bring a set of capabilities to the manufacturing industry.

The visualization technology: This technology creates a virtual sample that rotates 360 degrees and has a zoom feature for extreme detail viewing. As users make changes, the model reflects those changes in real-time through high-resolution, low-bandwidth files.

The rules-based configurator: This technology monitors the limits and conditions of each potential modification to a particular model and allows users to see the results and implications of each of their choices. This engine delivers exact design specifications, including a digital bill of goods, precise instructions, and modification or embellishment directions.

The XML-based digital bill of goods: This technology converts each order into a complete set of instructions for the manufacturer. This automated generation of order information decreases the likelihood of an inaccurate delivery of a final product, shortens the time from order to fulfillment, reduces administrative costs, integrates with current or future IT systems such as EDI/ERP, and provides for access to back-end services like real-time tracking.

The digital brand manager: This technology consists of three services that allow customers to securely store, modify the appearance of, and dictate how brand identities are used. The brand bank allows customers to upload, securely store, and manage their logos. Additionally, the brand rulebook enables managers to specify and store brand usage rules, which are then applied by the brand studio and the configuration engine to ensure that logos are applied correctly.

Partners and Security Measures

Onside inc.'s technical infrastructure is a multi-tiered, object-oriented architecture. By partnering with industry leaders such as Oracle, Sun Microsystems, and ATG, the company is able to maintain round-the-clock system availability, implement changes quickly with minimal impact to users, and ensure the system is scalable to meet any future requirements.

The company uses Industrial Strength SSL encryption technology and multiple-level passcode protection systems. In addition, each new account is pre-authorized to ensure protection of manufacturers' logos, designs, and prices, and buyers' profiles and transactions.

Onside inc.'s Executive Management Team and Executive Board

Onside's executive management team consists of Brett Marchand, president; Steve Shamas, chief operating officer; Dave Remmer, chief technology officer; and Mitch Osak, chief financial officer. The team brings more than 100 years of experience in business and technology from leading companies like Molson Breweries, Campbell Soup, Procter & Gamble, Jet Form, INEA, Rainbow Technologies, and Cyberplex.

In addition, the management team draws upon the expertise of their advisory board: Gary Peck, former director of apparel for adidas; Evan Chrapko, founder of DocSpace.com and A-LIVE Holdings II, a venture management firm; and Patrick Lavelle, chairman of Export Development Bank.

About onside inc.

Onside inc. creates real-time visual customization and digital order technology which it deploys via its vertical service providers (VSPs). These VSPs enable branded and private label manufacturers to sell customized products to their customers in an innovative way that greatly reduces cost and production time through a simple Web interface. Onside inc.'s first VSP, onsidekick.com, is designed to customize apparel and accessories for the sporting goods industry. Founded in 2000 by four executives with the business and technology know-how to make true customization a reality, onside inc. is a privately held company with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, and Toronto. For more information, visit www.onsideinc.com or www.onsidekick.com.

DocSpace

COPYRIGHT 2000 Business Wire

Business/Technology Editors

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 9, 2000

Critical Path Inc. (Nasdaq: CPTH), the dominant global provider of business-to-business Internet messaging and collaboration solutions, today announced the successful completion of the acquisition of The DocSpace Company, a leading provider of award-winning, Web-based services for secure file delivery, storage and collaboration. Critical Path announced a definitive acquisition agreement to acquire DocSpace on November 4, 1999.

DocSpace adds a key component to Critical Path's ability to provide secure Internet messaging that is available anytime, anywhere on any device in a secure environment. DocSpace has developed a highly comprehensive set of 100 percent Web-based Secure Socket Layer (SSL) and Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) trust technology services, that enable businesses to send, store and collaborate on important files securely from anywhere in the world.

"Businesses need complete confidence in the security and privacy of their Internet messages and Critical Path is committed to providing its customers with the leading technology and solutions to ensure mission critical messages or documents are delivered, stored or managed securely," said Doug Hickey, Critical Path's CEO. "Through this acquisition, Critical Path inherits DocSpace's award-winning technology, blue-chip customer base and market leadership in defining the trust services concept which strongly positions Critical Path at the forefront of this burgeoning market."

Through this acquisition, DocSpace's easy-to-use, carrier-class, patent-pending services will be available through Critical Path's industry-leading global infrastructure to support the needs of enterprises worldwide. Critical Path's comprehensive suite of Web-based trust services allows companies to securely deliver, store, and manage their important files over the Internet.

As a means to support the growing demands of its broad customer base, Critical Path is developing a full spectrum of Internet messaging solutions to complement its core email solutions. Services such as guaranteed delivery and unified messaging provide Critical Path with additional revenue streams, extend Critical Path's relationships with current customers and attract new customers.

About Critical Path, Inc.

Critical Path, Inc. (Nasdaq: CPTH) is the dominant global provider of complete end-to-end Internet messaging and collaboration solutions for corporations, Internet service providers (ISPs), Web hosting companies and Web portals. Through its Allsourcing strategy, Critical Path is the only advanced messaging provider to offer businesses the flexibility to outsource, midsource or insource all or part of their messaging and collaboration applications. Critical Path has built an industry-leading global infrastructure with data centers connected to key Internet exchange points and currently reaches more than 55 million end-users through its customer relationships. Critical Path provides reliable, secure, and scalable e-mail and a flexible suite of enhanced messaging services to partners such as E*TRADE, CompuServe, Network Solutions, U S West, Sprint, France Telecom, British Telecommunications, and ICQ. Critical Path is headquartered in San Francisco, with offices in locations nationwide and in Germany, England, Ireland, France, Denmark, Italy, Switzerland, and Argentina. More information on Critical Path can be found at www.cp.net.

Note to Editors: Critical Path and the Critical Path logo are the trademarks of Critical Path, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their holders.

This press release contains forward-looking statements. These statements may be identified by the use of words such as "believes," "expects," "anticipates," "intends," and "plans." Actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations that are subject to risks and uncertainties, including those relating to the possible inability to complete the acquisition as scheduled or at all. These risks and uncertainties include those that exist with Critical Path's and The DocSpace Company's respective business operations. These risks and uncertainties also include those that relate to the proposed acquisition including risks that integration of the operations, technologies and products of the combined companies might not occur as anticipated, that management attention might be diverted from day-to-day business activities of both companies during the period through the closing and thereafter, and that greater than normal employee turnover might occur prior to and after the closing. Whether or not the proposed acquisition closes, actual results of Critical Path, including Critical Path's results of operations, may differ materially from historical results. For a more detailed description of the risks related to Critical Path, please refer to Critical Path's prospectus dated June 1, 1999, which has been filed with the SEC.

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DocSpace First to Offer 100% Web-based File Management Services With

Digital Signature Capability

SAN JOSE, Calif., Jan. 17 /PRNewswire/ -- RSA 2000 -- Just sign on the dot.com line. The DocSpace(TM) Company Inc., provider of guaranteed Web-based file management services, today unveiled the DocSpace Certified File Service(TM) (CFS), the latest addition to the DocSpace services that enables users to digitally sign and encrypt important files right through a Web browser. The announcement represents a first of its kind by a File Service Provider (FSP), and is an important development in the way businesses handle mission-critical files.

The DocSpace CFS, which is offered as an additional level of security for DocSpace's existing file delivery, storage and collaboration services, features security technologies that can be used to digitally sign legally binding business documents including contracts, financial statements, patents and designs. Many jurisdictions currently recognize digital signatures as legally binding. The service is based on a combination of industry standards, patent-pending designs and leading security and Java-based technologies. The result is an additional level of security that is easy-to-use and stands to save businesses both time and money in providing start-to-finish Web-based file management, including the ability to go 'the last mile' with important files by replacing handwritten signatures.

"DocSpace's new service is a unique application of powerful security technologies, and one that's positioned to address an important need for businesses; signing electronic documents," said Chris Christiansen, Program Director of Internet Security at International Data Corporation. "It's also great timing from a legislative standpoint. DocSpace stands to gain a lot of momentum from the legal recognition of digital signatures, something that will hopefully happen soon at a federal level and has already happened across Europe."

While the DocSpace CFS has the potential to benefit any business that deals with documents requiring signatures or the utmost in confidentiality, the financial services sector is expected to be an early adopter of the service. This sector is positioned to benefit from a 60-90% cost and time savings associated with replacing the millions of paper-based transactions that financial firms handle each day (including letters of credit, etc.). Furthermore, innovation leaders in the industry including Bank of America Corporation (www.bankofamerica.com) and Identrus, LLC (www.identrus.com) also recognize the value of the new service.

"DocSpace is poised to be a strong application fit for the financial sector. DocSpace offers cost cutting and streamlining possibilities to financial institutions," said Kristin Kupres, Chief Operating and Technology Officer of Identrus, LLC. "The new service stands to leverage the information security framework that we're laying out, as well as the trust relationship our member financial institutions have established with their customers."

"The Certified File Service furthers our leadership in defining the Internet File Service Provider (FSP) market," said Evan Chrapko, CEO of The DocSpace Company Inc. "With DocSpace, businesses can now send, store and collaborate on even the utmost of confidential documents through their Web browser. Our customers already think of us as their document institution. For them, being able to digitally sign a contract on the Web could be one of the most exciting developments on the Web this year."

To support digital signatures, DocSpace will either issue users co-branded VeriSign digital certificates, or allow them to import third party certificates including the RSA Keon. The CFS is based on Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) standards including X509, LDAP, PKCS, PKIX, S/MIME and OCSP. Additional technologies for the service were provided by partners including VeriSign Inc. (www.verisign.com), RSA Security Inc. (www.rsa.com), Valicert Inc.(www.valicert.com) and Xeti Inc. (recently acquired by Critical Path Inc. - NASDAQ: CPTH - www.cp.net).

About The DocSpace(TM) Company Inc. (http://www.DocSpace.com)

The DocSpace Company provides guaranteed Web-based file management services for businesses. DocSpace is defining the File Service Provider (FSP) market by delivering instant services for businesses to send, store and collaborate on their important files securely from anywhere in the world. The company's easy-to-use, carrier-class services are hosted at Exodus Communications' world-class Internet Data Centers. DocSpace markets its patent-pending services through a worldwide network of top-tier ISPs, including The Microsoft Network (MSN), and supports the file services needs of Fortune 500 companies such as Ogilvy & Mather and TBWA/Chiat/Day. DocSpace is a privately owned, venture-backed company based in Menlo Park, Calif.

DocSpace and the DocSpace flying folder design mark are trademarks of The DocSpace Company Inc. Other company, product names or logos mentioned or reproduced in this document may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies and are hereby acknowledged. This press release contains forward-looking statements. These statements may be identified by the use of words such as "believes," "expects," "anticipates," "intends," and "plans." Actual results may differ materially from those anticipated in these forward-looking statements.