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MUSE Technologies Software Application Nominated For Award

6 April 2000

MUSE Technologies Software Application Nominated For Computerworld Smithsonian Award

  Advanced Project for Goodyear Tire & Rubber Nominated by Intel Corporation
       For Breakthroughs in Data Visualization and Perceptual Computing


    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M., April 6 Goodyear Tire & Rubber Company
has been nominated by Intel Corporation for a Computerworld
Smithsonian award.  A case study about the software application developed by
Goodyear and MUSE Technologies will become a part of the
Smithsonian's National Museum of American History's permanent Information Age
collection.
    The nomination was made through the Computerworld Smithsonian 2000
Innovation Collection for a software application developed by Goodyear and
MUSE Technologies, whose software permits complex data to be intuitively
presented using 3D graphics, sound and other methods.
    Created using MuSE (Multidimensional user-oriented Synthetic Environment),
the nominated project transformed 2-D charts and graphs into a 20-D immersive
simulation in which virtual racecars speed around a track.  Because of the
innovative presentation, Goodyear Racing engineers can simultaneously observe
many different types of test-track data showing vehicle, tire and driver
performance, as well as hear acceleration and braking data.  The combination
of visuals and sound enables users to quickly understand the information with
a high level of comprehension, and is known as perceptual computing.
    According to Spencer R. Crew, Director of the National Museum of American
History, "The primary source material submitted by Goodyear Tire & Rubber
Company will enrich the National Museum of American History's growing
collection on the history of information technology and contribute
significantly to the museum's ongoing efforts to chronicle the Information
Age."
    "With MuSE, we not only understand but discover," stated Caryl Booker of
Goodyear, in the official nomination.  "This is because with MuSE software,
the computer interface is designed to be more humanistic; to take advantage of
multiple human senses of sight, sound, speech recognition and audio and
tactile feedback.  Goodyear's goal has been to optimize the value of the
massive amounts of data we collect.  Data visualization using MuSE software
helps us achieve that goal.  When we analyze data quickly and effectively, we
can favorably impact cycle time, consolidation, customers and change."
    Commenting on the nomination, Curtiz J. Gangi, Chairman and CEO of MUSE
Technologies, said, "We are honored that our software has been selected for
such distinctive recognition.  The nominated Goodyear project has stirred the
imagination of even the most advanced technologist, and in our opinion,
represents one of the most compelling examples of how perceptual computing is
changing the way that computer users deal with complex data.  We thank
Goodyear and Intel for participating in the promotion of this breakthrough
project."
    The MuSE (Multidimensional user-oriented Synthetic Environment)
application became a part of the National Museum of American History's
Permanent Research Collection on Information Technology at a formal ceremony
at the Smithsonian Institution on April 3, 2000.  Goodyear's selection
automatically places the Company in the running for one of The Computerworld
Smithsonian Program's ten annual awards, which will be announced on
June 5, 2000.

    About MUSE Technologies
    MUSE Technologies, Inc. is an international leader in the
development of perceptual computing software.  From headquarters in
Albuquerque, NM and offices in Houston, Washington D.C., London, Manchester
(UK) and Paris, the Company and its subsidiaries, Virtual Presence and MUSE
Federal Systems Group, provide a broad range of software, hardware,
integration and development solutions to corporate and government customers in
an array of industries.  For more information on MUSE Technologies, call
(800) 711-3899 or (505) 843-6873, or visit the company's Web site at
http://www.musetech.com.
    MuSE (spelled with the Greek "mu" symbol as the first character) and the
MUSE Technologies logo are trademarks of MUSE Technologies, Inc., registered
in the United States Patent & Trademark Office.  Any other trademarks or
copyrights referenced herein are the property of their respective owners.