Veon Puts Two SMIL Authoring Products into Beta

Monday, Veon announced the beginning of Beta cycles for two products that
are designed to make authoring and deploying SMIL easier.
    a.. V-Active for RealSystem G2 visually creates static SMIL
presentations including generation of RealPix and RealText
    b.. The Veon Activation Server generates SMIL presentations dynamically
from relational databases and existing media assets
V-Active for RealSystem G2 is an authoring tool for creating content for the
RealSystem G2.  It can be downloaded from:
http://www.veon.com/try/vars_trial.htm .  We are very interested in your
feedback so if you try it, please take a few minutes to tell us what you
think at http://www.veon.com/products/vars_beta_feedback.htm.  The only way
we can build a better authoring tool is by getting your feedback.

The Beta cycle for the Veon Activation Server is not a public beta.  If you
are interested in dynamically generating SMIL presentations based on custom
templates and scripting logic, please email me (mailto:josh@veon.com).  The
Server beta group is much smaller and we will unfortunately not be able to
include everyone.  If you indicate your interest, we can discuss the
applications you have in mind and determine if you meet the criteria.

V-Active for RealSystem G2 tool has features designed to make it easier to
create content for the RealSystem G2, including:
    a.. Visually define the layout for your SMIL presentations including
zooming capabilities (and manual coordinate entry to allow precise
positioning)
    b.. Visually define the complete presentation including synchronization
of RealPix, RealText, Video and SMIL timelines
    c.. Generate SMIL files, RealPix files, RealText files and encode
RealVideo files
    d.. Create interactive video by defining hotspots and encoding the
interactive information into the video stream
The Veon Activation Server has features designed to make generation of
dynamic SMIL possible, including:
    a.. Import existing SMIL, RealPix and RealText files or create new files
from scratch
    b.. Convert static files into templates to define what aspects of the
presentation are dynamic
    c.. Generate scripting logic to create the presentation using visual
wizards or by hand-coding in the editor with key-word color-coding
    d.. Deploy the templates onto the server for run-time execution,
including database access and integration with the RealSystem G2
Regards,
Josh

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Joshua Kahn
Product Manager, Veon, Inc.
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