Valve® Uses the IMS V2A MDKTM in the production of "Half-Life® 2" 

Research Triangle Park Area, N.C. (March 10, 2005) - Interactive Multimedia Solutions, Inc. (www.IMS3D.com), a leading provider of voice-to-animation solutions for the multimedia market, is pleased to announce that Valve® has used the IMS V2A MDK in the recently released "Half-Life® 2" game. Its predecessor, Half-Life and its various add-ons sold more that 8 million units world wide.

"We are very pleased that Valve, a respected leader in computer game development has chosen our product for the Half-Life 2 game; this is a big win for us," says Donovan Moxey, Ph.D., founder and chief executive officer of IMS.  "The IMS V2A MDK product is easy to use and allowed Valve to easily incorporate our phoneme analysis and segmentation functionality for use in their facial animation production process, saving significant time and money in the process."
 
"IMS V2A MDK is by far the best phoneme analysis and segmentation tool that we have seen," says Yahn Bernier, senior engineer for Valve. "Using the MDK's phoneme extraction functionality as part of our production process gives us the ability to generate high quality lip synch data for use in the Source engine's facial animation system.  This is a great value and represents significant cost savings for us."

The IMS V2A MDKTM is a high-end enabling software tool that gives its users functionality and capabilities that are not available from any other product in the market. Its powerful voice-to-animation engine, flexible API, and ease of use make the IMS V2A MDKTM a must-have product for serious game developers and game publishers. The product is licensed to game developers on a per/title per/platform basis. A product demo application, and a product specification sheet for the IMS V2A MDKTM are available from the IMS web site (www.IMS3D.com).
 

About IMS

Interactive Multimedia Solutions, Inc. (IMS) is a multimedia software and solutions company focused on developing and delivering innovative software solutions that allow for the seamless integration of interactive animated talking digital characters as part of multimedia presentations to be delivered via the web or as part of a DVD/CD-ROM.  The software solutions developed by IMS can be applied across a number of markets including the Internet, Direct Marketing, Computer Based Interactive Training, Entertainment, and Interactive Kiosk systems. More information on the IMS suite of products and solutions is available at www.IMS3D.com.   

 About Valve

Founded in 1996, Valve creates entertainment software titles, including Half-Life®, Counter-StrikeTM, and Team Fortress®. Valve's portfolio accounts for over 10 million retail units sold worldwide. More information about Valve is available through the company's Web site at www.valvesoftware.com.