i3Dimensions Inc. Becomes NGRAIN® Corporation
Company adopts branding embraced by industry to leverage highly positive customer association with its award-winning NGRAIN technology and product line
VANCOUVER — June 23, 2003 — Harnessing NGRAIN's industry and customer momentum, and to reflect the key benefits of its interactive 3D visualization and simulation solutions, i3Dimensions Inc. today announced it has become NGRAIN Corporation. In this evolution of its corporate brand, the company is assuming the identity of its award-winning NGRAIN technology.
“The i3Dimensions name has served us well, however we recognize that our NGRAIN technology represents the heart of our company and corporate strategy, so adopting the NGRAIN name is the next logical step in our company's evolution,” said Paul Lindahl, president and chief executive officer, NGRAIN Corp.
NGRAIN's initial product releases are garnering significant customer attention in the defense, aerospace and advanced manufacturing industries by simplifying the inclusion of interactive 3D in training, maintenance and service applications, while providing advanced 3D capabilities.
NGRAIN for Training
As organizations look for ways to cut costs, training is often targeted as one of the first functions to streamline. This challenges managers to do more with a shrinking budget – without compromising the effectiveness of their training programs. NGRAIN for Training meets this challenge, offering an innovative way to significantly lower training costs while delivering highly interactive, three-dimensional training that boosts productivity. NGRAIN for Training enables organizations to:
- Lower training costs
- Easily standardize training
- Expand training accessibility
- Maximize knowledge retention
- Transform existing 3D assets into NGRAIN knowledge objects
- Protect intellectual property
NGRAIN for Maintenance & Service
NGRAIN for Maintenance & Service creates portable, fully interactive 3D equipment maintenance and service aides that deliver personnel and customers with quick access to the information they need, when and where they need it. Maintenance & Service allows organizations to:
- Reduce equipment downtime
- Keep staff and customers constantly updated
- Avoid costly mistakes by improving comprehension
- Protect intellectual property
- Transform existing 3D assets into portable knowledge objects that communicate important information
In addition, NGRAIN Constructor is an easy-to-use 3D toolkit designed for developers with little to no 3D knowledge to rapidly develop and deploy complex, interactive 3D applications. Developed for use with the Microsoft® .NET framework, NGRAIN Constructor has many of the same benefits derived from the core technology.
The foundational technology can be applied to a diverse group of industries in a variety of applications, with the ultimate goal of allowing organizations to streamline and extend their processes by simply presenting complex information and concepts in a straightforward and memorable manner through interactive 3D content.
About NGRAIN
Formerly i3Dimensions Inc., NGRAIN Corporation develops visualization and simulation solutions that enable the modification and manipulation of complex 3D data in real-time on common PCs, such as Tablet PCs and other computing platforms. NGRAIN adds new capabilities to interactive 3D visualization for entertainment, medical, manufacturing, education, aerospace and defense applications. More information is available online at www.ngrain.com.