Developer of the first CD-ROM
to introduce QuickTime® VR

What's the next best thing to being on the Starship Enterprise tm-D? That would be entering the domain of the CD- ROM Star Trek tm: The Next Generation Interactive Technical Manual, The Official Starfleet Virtual Tour, an interactive exploration of the Starship Enterprise tm.

QuickTime® VR (for Virtual Reality) is a technology that enables you to navigate through 360 degree panoramic views of a room or an environment all by hand and mouse.

QuickTime® VR also gives you the ability to examine objects from any angle. Get a bird's eye view of the ship by rotating it all around. Check out the Sickbay and go to Captain Picard's quarters, "hold" his knife, poke around and be as darn nosy as you'd like. You pilot the tour, dragging your mouse around as you navigate, clicking on the numerous "hotspots."

The Imergy® team directed the photo coverage on the actual television sets in Hollywood to create this realistic environment. Each panorama requires only 800KB of disk space, making possible more than 90 scenes on the CD.

Star Trek tm: The Next Generation Interactive Technical Manual is the first consumer CD-ROM to introduce QuickTime® VR. In developing this title for publisher Simon & Schuster Interactive, Imergy® was the catalyst bringing Apple® Computer and Simon & Schuster together. A winner of scads of awards, Star Trek tm: The Next Generation Interactive Technical Manual has succeeded in selling a fantastic number in the world of CD-ROMs, some 300,000 copies to date.