EON Reality and Kentucky Community and Technical College System Create First Statewide Simulation-Based Learning

IRVINE, CA, Jan 09 (MARKET WIRE) --
EON Reality Inc., a leader in interactive visualization software and integrated
display
systems, has collaborated with the Kentucky Community and Technical
CollegeSystem (KCTCS) to develop an Interactive Digital Center (IDC). The new
center
is part of the KCTCS statewide strategic plan for integrating visualization
technologies throughout KCTCS and provides a platform to develop interactive
3D applications for education and industry and a simulation
technician-certified curriculum.

The center is a component within the global IDC Consortium of high-tech
companies
dedicated to establishing a de facto standard for real-time visualization
solutions
worldwide. EON Reality, NVIDIA, Hewlett-Packard and Christie Digital are
thefounding members of the consortium with Microsoft serving as a technical
provider.
The innovations that make the IDC possible are based on EON Reality's
interactive 3D visualization software and solutions.

By partnering with EON Reality, KCTCS can provide students with the
resources, training and programs to enable their success in tomorrow's highly
competitive marketplace. Students and industry benefit from:

-- Enriched Experience: The multi-modal approach of simulation-based
learning (SBL) improves knowledge transfer and retention as users view,
touch, hear, interact with and sense reactions to digital objects in real-
time, creating a memorable visual, auditory and tactile experience.
-- Life-like Virtual Presentations: An immersive presentation immediately
grabs users' attention and generates interest, which enhances communication
and understanding and accelerates learning and sales processes.

The synergy between EON and KCTCS has already yielded significant
results:

-- A training application to instruct miners on the proper maintenance
and use of the CSE SR-100 self-rescuer using large-scale 3D presentation
technologies is under final development for the Kentucky Coal Academy to
provide a specific safety training application that is more in-depth for
new and incumbent underground coal miners.
-- In collaboration with the University of Kentucky, a unique simulation
education was delivered for the TRY-IT (Translating Research to Youth
through Information Technology) Program. A program designed to expose 7th
grade students to research experiences with the human brain, heart and
mouth and the application of technology to present their research findings
through use of 3D visualization technology.
-- A project highlighting the new X2 Excavator from LBX was completed and
presented in February of 2007 to support a business and industry client
with visualization technologies.

"The collaboration with KCTCS provides a platform for statewide reach
usingsimulation-based learning (SBL) technologies," said Mats Johansson, chief
executive officer, EON Reality. "SBL as a technology has the potential to
provide more engaging content in learning, allowing for better motivated and
engaged students as well as providing benefits such as improved knowledge
transfer, safety training for hazardous situations and improved retention, to
mention a few."

"Today's technologies for SBL have greatly enhanced the learning
environment, in
which a person is placed into a scenario or situation and is directly
responsible for changes that occur as a result of his or her decisions," said
Marly Bergerud, vice president, Education Development, EON Reality. "The
recent developments in software, the Internet and virtual reality have created
richer, more life-like learning experiences that truly change the way people
learn."

Since its creation in 1997, KCTCS has become the largest provider of
postsecondary education and workforce training in the Commonwealth. The
system, which comprises 16 colleges located on 65 campuses across the state,
provides a seamless path from high school to postsecondary education and the
workplace by providing quality and affordable education in a structure that
allows students to move easily from class to class, program to program, and
college to college.

"KCTCS is dedicated to providing our students with an education tailored
tomeet the demands of the technologically driven, knowledge-based new economy,"
said Jamie Justice, KCTCS director of Visualized Learning and Innovation. "By
partnering with EON Reality, KCTCS can support our business and industry clients
and students with innovative training solutions tailored to meet specific client
needs and applications. Additionally, these innovations can provide real time
instruction in a wide variety of formats to help shorten learning cycles and
provide interactive, immersive learning experiences at all levels."

About EON Reality

EON Reality, Inc. is the world's leading interactive 3D visual content
management
and Virtual Reality software provider. Its powerful, breakthrough technology
enables users to experience more by revolutionizing the way companies leverage
their
digital assets throughout the product lifecycle. Industry leaders, including
Suzuki, Siemens, John Deere, Atlas Copco, Toyota, Tetra Pak, Boeing,
Bombardier, Intel, Peterbilt, Lexus, Whirlpool, Honeywell, GE Healthcare and
Stryker, use EON solutions to enhance the interactive user experience to
effectively increase sales, better communicate product functionality and
decrease the cost of service, training and technical support. For further
information regarding EON Reality, visit www.EONReality.com.

About KCTCS

For most Kentuckians, higher education begins at KCTCS. Our statewide system
of 16
colleges and 65 campuses provides citizens throughout the Commonwealth with a
quality education that is both accessible and affordable.

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