From: jeff@ithaca.com (Jeff Kowalski)
Newsgroups: comp.graphics,comp.educational
Subject: Educational Grants for Graphics Development Toolkit
Date: 16 Nov 92 19:28:48 GMT
Organization: Ithaca Software


 HOOPS Graphics Development System Grants for Educational Institutes	


ALAMEDA, CA -  Copy of our HELP Grant press release - Ithaca Software, the
developer of the HOOPS Graphics Development System, recently  announced an
aggressive grant program for Educational Institutes that can use HOOPS for
teaching computer graphics, graphics programming courses, or as a development
tool in academic research projects.  Under the terms of "HELP" Grants, or HOOPS
Educational Licensing Programs,  universities 
and colleges that meet the criteria established by Ithaca will receive 
HOOPS software, documentation, and annual update support. 

Over 150 leading colleges and universities are licensed HOOPS users, 
including Cornell University, Massachusetts Institute of 
Technology-Project Athena, Simon Fraser University,  Carnegie Mellon
University and the University of British Columbia. 

"Many graphics programmers employed today by major software development 
organizations learned their programming skills at schools that use HOOPS 
for teaching computer graphics," stated Stephen F. Mendel, Ithaca's 
President and CEO.  This announcement today further expands our 
commitment to colleges and universities of all disciplines."    

"Since 1987, HOOPS grants from Ithaca Software have provided essential 
support for our work in developing high-end interactive applications for 
teaching engineering," stated Kate Mink, Director of Project SOCRATES 
(now a project of the Synthesis National Engineering Education Coalition).  
With software that's available world-wide, it's particularly important 
that programs be portable and maintainable;  HOOPS graphics code is both.  
Its declarative, object-oriented structure is also ideal for teaching 
students about graphics concepts."

"Typically, due to budget constraints, schools were forced to only use 
what was provided by the hardware supplier," stated Glen D. Vondrick, 
Ithaca's Vice President of Sales.  "These solutions are not portable 
and do not take advantage of programming paradigms desired by the 
software developers who will eventually serve as the students' employer.  
Through an expanded HELP Grant program, college and universities will 
be able to expose students to modern programming tools that integrate 
with the technology of the 90's, such as Windows, PEX, GL, NT etc. "

HOOPS has been licensed by leading software development organizations  
such as Autodesk, Computervision, SPSS, and IMSL to produce high 
performance 3D portable software applications for CAD/CAM, science, 
medicine, and education.  Over sixty commercial organizations have 
licensed HOOPS for development of hundreds of next generation products 
on PC's and Workstations.  Many of these applications are already in 
use at colleges and universities.

"The most startling thing about HOOPS is how easy it is to use.  I am 
not a graphics specialist, yet I was able to write interactive HOOPS 
applications immediately," stated Paul Boutin, Systems Programmer, 
Massachuetts Institute of Technology.

Ithaca Software introduced HOOPS at ACM Siggraph '86.  Since 1987, 
HOOPS has been licensed to thousands of software developers at more 
than 500 commercial and 150 academic sites.  HOOPS was the first 3-D 
graphics tool system to support X Windows, DOS, Macintosh and OS/2 
platforms.  It is the only system capable of producing advanced graphics 
applications across the entire spectrum of engineering workstations 
and personal computers.  In 1988, HOOPS won a Digital Review Target 
Award Nomination.  In 1989, HOOPS received BYTE magazine's Award of 
Distinction.  In 1990, the company moved its corporate headquarters 
from Ithaca, New York to Alameda, California.



 If you would like more information on our HELP grants please contact:

 	Yanick Fluhmann
	Educational Grant Manager
	PH 510-523-5900 ext. 243
        FAX 510-523-2880
	yanick@ithaca.com