Continuum Resources Opens CoRe (VISCenters) in Houston

and London Houston (ots-PRNewswire) - Continuum Resources Corporation(CoRe(TM)) announced today the opening of its VISUALIZATIONIMMERSIVE and MULTI-SENSORY CoRe VISCenters(TM) in Houston andLondon. Additional VISCenters(TM) are due to open in Australiaand Norway later this year. The Houston CoRe VISCenter(TM) will open in time to host theattendees of the forthcoming (April 15-16, 1999) Gulf Coast SEG'stour of virtual reality facilities in the Houston area. Continuum's VISCenters(TM), initially targeted for the oil andgas industry, will provide a unique scalable, multi-sensoryenvironment in which to integrate, collaborate, explore, andinteract with data. The main "theatre" style, three-screenCorePlex(TM) environment is large, which will allow users to see,hear and manipulate data on a human scale. "We are very excited about the centers being opened, it is amilestone event for us and for the industry in general. We firmlybelieve that visualization and immersive technologies willprovide the basis of next generation tools and methodologieswhich will provide significant benefits to our customers," saidSteve Hunt, VP of Marketing and Sales at CoRe. "CoRe is the first to offer a truly independent commercialService Center facility. We will not only provide our ownapplications developed specifically for the virtual realityenvironment, but in addition we will offer industry the "best ofbreed" in third party applications, integrated within theenvironment, that customers have already learned to useefficiently," said Cindy Berlier, Director of CorporateDevelopment for CoRe. Jeff Hume, CEO of CoRe said, "Companies have invested millionsof dollars in data and applications software, and the CoRecenters can help yield a quicker and better return on thoseinvestments. Human scale display and total immersion make contextsensitive databasing an intuitive part of perceptual computing.By that I mean that if you feel that you are actually inside yourdata and can tailor the query of the database to specific needs,the process becomes an extension of your thinking. The knowledgegained then becomes knowledge experienced, which is far betterlearned and retained than pouring over reams of spreadsheets andpaper sections." The Houston Center is located at the new Energy Tower at 11700Katy Freeway in Houston, Texas, and the London Center is locatedin the Thomas H. Huxley School of Environment, Earth Science andEngineering, at The Imperial College of Science, Technology andMedicine. The Imperial College of Science, Technology andMedicine is an independent constituent part of the University ofLondon, founded in 1907. The college teaches and performsresearch in a full range of science, engineering, medical andmanagement disciplines. The Continuum CoRe VISCenters(TM) utilize the MuSE (Multi-dimensional User-oriented Synthetic Environment) developed byMuSE Technology, Inc. MuSE's collaborative software allows realtime data interaction in different geographic locationssimultaneously. Continuum Resources explores corporate data through uniquecollaborative visualization and immersive environments designedto share workspace and experience. CoRe provides scalableintegrated visualization and technical solutions and services tothe oil and gas industry focusing on decreasing project cycletime, adding reserves and increasing the cost effectiveness ofproduction. For more information, visit www.continuum-corp.com. For further information please contact Steve Hunt @ Tel: 713-974-6907, or 713-860-5000. Email: shunt@continuum-corp.com. otsOriginal Text Service: Continuum Resources Corporation Internet:http://www.newsaktuell.de Contact: Steve Hunt of ContinuumResources Corporation (USA) 713-974-6907 or 713-860-5000, oremail, shunt@continuum-corp.com Web site: http://www.continuum-corp.com

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