Turbine Selects Umbra Software´s Visibility Optimization Solutions

Umbra Software Ltd., developers of highly-acclaimed Umbra occlusion culling technology, announced today that Turbine, Inc., the premier creator and operator of massive, persistent online worlds, has licensed and integrated Umbra into their cutting-edge game engine. Umbra´s visibility optimization technology will be used in Turbine’s award-winning titles including The Lord of the Rings Online™, and Dungeons & Dragons Online™.

“Turbine has always been at the forefront of technology used to develop immersive online worlds,” said Chris Dyl, Chief Technology Officer of Turbine, Inc. “Umbra’s solution provides us with the freedom to blaze new trails and define the next generation of online entertainment.”

Umbra is a highly robust, GPU based, visibility optimization solution that allows game developers to create highly dynamic game worlds without preprocessing. With Umbra game developers can increase their polygon budgets significantly and create highly complex game worlds which were previously impossible.

“Turbine has shown that they have the ability to take large, innovative and complex virtual worlds to new places,” said Marko Nurro, CEO for Umbra Software. “With Umbra´s visibility optimization solution, Turbine will continue to push the envelope.”

About Umbra Software Ltd.

Umbra Software Ltd. is the expert in 3D visibility optimization solution for PC and game consoles. Umbra Software’s Umbra uses instantaneous occlusion computations to speed up the development cycle; it allows for truly alive, interactive worlds with more objects and characters with new levels of realism; it increases freedom in MMO game worlds, enabling modification of worlds by players on the fly. Umbra Software solutions are currently used by several high-profile massively multiplayer online games and 3D game engines. For more information see www.umbrasoftware.com.

About Turbine

Turbine, Inc. is the premier creator and operator of massive, persistent online worlds that foster powerful social gaming communities. Turbine is one of the largest privately-held online gaming studios in North America and was recently chosen by AlwaysOn as one of the OnHollywood 100 Top Private Companies, a power list of the top private emerging technology companies in digital entertainment and media. Turbine has created some of the world’s most popular and award-winning online games, including The Lord of the Rings Online™, Dungeons & Dragons Online™ and Asheron’s Call®. For more information on Turbine, its products and services please visit www.turbine.com.

Contacts

Umbra Software Ltd.
Farhad Taherazer, 206-355-6590
farhad {at} umbrasoftware(.)com
www.umbrasoftware.com