Leader in Rich Media For the Web Offers Graceful, Easy Integration
Of Online Audio
SIGGRAPH, LOS ANGELES, Aug. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Pulse(TM), the leader in 3D
animation and rich media for the Web, at SIGGRAPH today showcased Pulse
Sonifier(TM), the first technology designed to enable easy "sonification" of
Web sites of all sizes. Using Pulse Sonifier, users simply drag and drop audio
elements onto images, text or other Web site objects, and the sounds are
instantaneously embedded in the site code. With more than 20,000 sounds
included in the library, everyone from Webmasters of large corporate sites to
individual homesteaders will find a wealth of audio content to easily enhance
their online destination.
"Pulse Sonifier will drive a revolution similar to that seen in the
desktop publishing market ten to fifteen years ago," said Stuart Dubey,
executive vice president of audio solutions for Pulse and co-designer of the
Pulse Sonifier software. "Once plug-and-play tools like Pulse Sonifier are in
the hands of the people who build and/or manage Web sites, the floodgates will
open and sound on the Web will evolve very rapidly. From increasing e-commerce
conversion rates and retention of information of all kinds to simply boosting
the average time spent on a site, sonification of the Web has the potential to
literally breathe new life into myriad online businesses."
A scalable, Web-based application with a consumer-friendly user interface,
Pulse Sonifier is also incredibly robust, allowing for sophisticated audio
enhancements that even the most demanding Webmasters will appreciate. In
addition to requiring no technical expertise in the areas of HTML, JavaScript
or client-server relationships, Pulse Sonifier does not require any knowledge
of audio composition, optimization and formatting. Beyond targeting individual
sites of all sizes, Pulse Sonifier will provide ISPs and Web-hosting companies
with a value-added service for their customers, in the form of a co-branded,
turnkey sonification solution. The potential market for Pulse Sonifier is
enormous, with well over 100 million Web sites containing approximately
3 billion pages on the Internet today (according to industry research firm
Cyveillance).
To audio-enable a site using Pulse Sonifier, a user simply browses the
comprehensive libraries of bandwidth-optimized vocal cues, musical scores,
audio logos and navigational sound effects packaged with the program. Applying
any of those 20,000 sounds to a site in real-time, the user can instantly
preview the resulting sonification of each site element as they proceed.
Sounds are organized by type, theme, length, and more -- sub-categories of
sounds are collected under headings ranging from "Business" and "Sports" to
"Travel" and "Lifestyles."
Pulse Sonifier features:
-- An intuitive drag-and-drop graphical user interface based on Dynamic
HTML and JavaScript
-- The ability to create a copy of any Web page selected by the user, for
either offline or online sonification
-- "Dissection" of a Web page via a server-side parsing technology, thus
preparing the page for script insertion
-- Dynamic insertion of code, thereby linking specific "trigger events" to
selected audio files
-- Instant previewing of audio-enabled Web pages
-- Session tracking of user content preferences, which streamlines future
projects
Pulse Sonifier will ship in November, 2001; contact Pulse for preliminary
pricing.
About Pulse Entertainment
Based in San Francisco, Pulse is a privately funded developer of the
leading technology for creating and experiencing interactive, 3D animation and
audio on the web, with significant investment from Softbank, TimeWarner,
Autodesk and El Dorado Ventures. Pulse, which was named a Red Herring Top 50
Private Company, specializes in providing rich media enterprise solutions for
digital content creation for online learning, service and support, e-commerce,
marketing and advertising, and entertainment. The company's growing client
base and strategic partner list includes Apple, AMD, Anheuser Busch, Mattel,
Volvo, Intel, Microsoft, Real Networks, MTV, 3dfx, Motorola, The Jim Henson
Company, Electronic Arts, NBC, Excite@Home and AOL/Time Warner. Pulse
Entertainment is located at 654 Mission Street, San Francisco, CA 94105,
415-348-4000, or http://www.pulse3d.com.
NOTE: PULSE, the PULSE logo, Pulse Sonifier and PULSE ENTERTAINMENT are
trademarks of Pulse Entertainment, Inc. All other trademarks and registered
trademarks are the property of their respective owners, without intent to
infringe.
SOURCE Pulse Entertainment, Inc.
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Related links:
http://www.pulse3d.com
CONTACT:
Garth Chouteau of Pulse Entertainment, Inc.,
+1-415-348-4027, or garth@pulse3d.com
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