TOKYO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–HI CORPORATION (Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan; President and CEO: Kazuo Kawabata; hereinafter “HI”)(JASDAQ:3846) announced today that HI’s 3D rendering engine “MascotCapsule eruptionST“ (hereinafter “eruptionST”) has been adopted by CAPCOM CO., LTD. (Headquarters: Osaka, Japan; President and COO: Haruhito Tsujimoto) for their action game “MONSTER HUNTER DYNAMIC HUNTING” that was launched worldwide for iPhone and iPod touch on June 1st.
eruptionST is a 3D rendering engine that dramatically improves the speed of image processing and enhances the power of expression. In addition, it is also compliant with stereoscopic 3D. As eruptionST makes the best use of the performance capabilities of iPhone and iPod touch, it contributes to the high-speed rendering of the beautiful graphics in the game that allow users to enjoy the world-view of 4.5 million selling blockbuster “MONSTER HUNTER” on their iPhone/iPod touch.
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HI will continue to make an effort to expand the use of eruptionST in order to be used for more content development as well as to promote its worldwide dissemination and support.
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[How To Obtain Software Development Kit] |
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To obtain the SDK for MascotCapsule eruptionST, you need to accept the commercial license agreement. (A license fee is required.) Please contact adinfo@hicorp.co.jp for more details. |
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http://www.hicorp.co.jp/english/pressroom/for_press/2010/press_100526.html |
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[About MascotCapsule eruptionST] |
| For more information about MascotCapsule eruptionST, please visit the following website. |
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[About HI CORPORATION] |
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HI CORPORATION is a leading research and development company in middleware development for embedded devices. Its flagship product, a real-time 3D rendering engine “MascotCapsule,” has been adopted by five Japanese mobile network operators as well as by major mobile phone manufacturers for their global releases. As of the end of March 2010, MascotCapsule was shipped with more than 600 million units of mobile phones worldwide. |
| A variety of console-quality 3D content and 3D user interfaces using MascotCapsule are widely distributed in China, Europe, Japan, South Korea, United States and more. HI will continue to actively provide MascotCapsule for home and car electronic devices other than mobile phones. |
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For more information, visit our website at http://www.hicorp.co.jp/english/index.html. |
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