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Meet Gary Lauer, MetaCreations CEO
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Meet Gary Lauer, CEO of MetaCreations, May 6, 1999Congratulations, you've created this room! DreamVoyager wants to play too. DreamVoyager: Hello Susan Danoe has joined the party! Gary L has finally arrived. Danoe slinks out. KPT John saunters in. renato! has finally arrived. KPT John: Good evening AuntiAlias: greetings! KPT John: Greetings ChaMelEon wants to play too. renato!: hello desdanova has joined the party! 3d~?~elf materializes from thin air. MetaIan wants to play too. ChaMelEon: Hi All vincehardy has joined the party! Jeffric has just entered. JeffP saunters in. Minkie has just entered. MetaCharacter has finally arrived. metafernc has joined the party! Calyxa wants to play too. Suddenly Snoopy appears. KPT John: Everyone seems to be arriving Baument has finally arrived. ChaMelEon: GaryL - What's in the future for MetaCreations? KPT John: Lots of new faces Snoopy has left the building. Baument: hey y'all Suddenly DanWhiteside appears. MetaScott has joined the party! Baument: hey dan rusty saunters in. Rodney wants to play too. Snoopy has just entered. Hometime materializes from thin air. DanWhiteside: hey all and you to ed Rodney: Here we is.... MetaScott: aha... everyone snuck in the trap door ;) KPT John: Lets wait until 7 before we start Rodney: Good idea, John, I'm still running back and forth. ChaMelEon: Clocks are for infindels Rodney: Just wanted to make sure I got a good seat Calyxa: ah, the B4 web pages are working now, thanks. MetaMeri materializes from thin air. MetaScott: n/p, we aim to please Suddenly fluffy appears. MetaScott: hey, Meredith :) MetaMeri: hi scott! ChaMelEon: tap tap tap robokoneko materializes from thin air. Suddenly kpg appears. Heather has finally arrived. MetaG wants to play too. Snoopy: What a party!!!! ChaMelEon: so what time is it? Baument: (getting out more chairs) paul3d saunters in. kuzman3d saunters in. Reflash materializes from thin air. Mhyper has just entered. Bob Van Ess has finally arrived. Clay saunters in. Snoopy: It's Howdy Doody time Sideways saunters in. Lise saunters in. Calyxa: I've got 6:57 here. sepapu materializes from thin air. magister wants to play too. DanWhiteside: This is gonna be a biggie! Lise: Bonsoir! Topaz saunters in. Rodney: How many folks will the chatroom support? ChaMelEon: never was a good program.... sepapu: Namaste! Clark/CDS has finally arrived. metafernc: hi lise 3d~?~elf: namaste! MetaScott: we haven't hit a ceiling yet, Rodney :) Calyxa: there were 50+ the night of the housewarming. ChaMelEon: Hay bufflo bob, etc..... Baument: (checking floor joists for deflection) Clay: LOL Rodney: Tonight may be the night MetaScott: right on Reflash slinks out. AuntiAlias: Hi there! Tip!! Highlight speakers with different colors to help you track who is saying what. (the people list allows you to change colors--Upper left side, 2nd Green button) MetaScott: bring on the traffic Clay: hi susan AuntiAlias: We're just about ready to start.... magister: crash and burn Lise: 56 persons Calyxa tanuki has joined the party! Snoopy: Spring Summer Winter Fall was my favorite Suddenly Reflash appears. ChaMelEon: tap tap tap Clay: I don't have enough colors in my palette heheh... Doug has just entered. Clay: for everyone:-) zoredzi has just entered. Clark/CDS is off to render mirrored spheres. Calyxa: I just colored meta folks only... AuntiAlias: Okie dokie!!! Let's get this going! :D :D Mhyper: :) Pegasus has finally arrived. AuntiAlias: ::::clearing throat::::: Welcome!!!! Clark/CDS saunters in. MetaMeri: :) AuntiAlias: It's Meet Gary Lauer night at MetaCreations! MetaBrian saunters in. Clay: Hi Gary AuntiAlias: Welcome, Gary! Gary L: Hi it's great to be here, how do you like Bryce 4 so far? magister: whos gary Baument: well met mr. Lauer Rodney is off to save the world. Hometime: greaat Suddenly Ringo appears. MetaMeri: Gary CEO of Meta! fear has finally arrived. Suddenly Rodney appears. Suddenly SteveM appears. Baument: best yet gary Sideways: B4 is a good, solid upgrade... Clay: It's awesome! robokoneko: fantastic! ChaMelEon: so do you live in the Montecito Hill with all the other CEO? Gary L: Magister, I wonder the same thing sometimes magister: its ok Snoopy: I like it DreamVoyager: Much nicer than B3 :-) Jeffric: B4 is tippity top notch magister: i like to pop ego's DreamVoyager: Iv been on B2 untill now Ringo: Hello, Bryce family. Doug: Very stable. You guys just keep getting better and better. Gary L: What do you all think of Bryce talk? Mhyper: B4, excellent resource to the infinite magister: sweet Clay: It's addictive! Hometime: love the skies, please keep developing them... desdanova: b4 talk... Bravo!!! ChaMelEon: I like the claxon ahole wants to play too. robokoneko: I look forward to thursdays DreamVoyager: Cool idea, but rather primitive. 3d~?~elf: could have been a seperate app magister: would like the same in bryce 4 editing MetaBrian: hey ahole ChaMelEon: and harp Rodney: It's like all the good things I remember about the old KPT chats Clark/CDS: almost like AOL in the "old days" Baument: hey ales Mhyper: AOL Gary L: WE like it a lot, and we'll be doing a lot more Bryce talk kinds of things Cricket materializes from thin air. Hometime: don't get to come, just this once, work... sepapu: ? AuntiAlias: I'd like to mention that Gary's got an extremely special typist working for him tonight.... his son, Rob slareau has just entered. MetaBrian: hi rob AuntiAlias: fast fingers.... (at the age of 13!!) SteveM: This really provides a good way to learn for those of us who hate books fear: ahole rules! AuntiAlias: :D Hometime: steady Rob ChaMelEon: so how do you have a meaningful conversation with so many folks? Gary L: hi :) KPT John: Hi Steve DreamVoyager: Id love to rip off the rooms and have them separate, so making it easier to follow several discussions. Also a whisper would be nice. Mhyper: yeow! slareau: Wheee! Doug is off to save the world. slareau: Hi gang Jeffric: cough - a euro friendly time BTalk would help my social life :) Rodney: Whoa! the Steve person arrives! Danoe wants to play too. ahole: Thanks fear. You rule too. AuntiAlias: All rightie then!! Baument: LOL jeff, what social life? renato!: I think BTalk is mega-awesome and I foresee many imitators Hometime: love to have infii-d and bryce together Ringo: Great.t. kuzman3d is off to save the world. AuntiAlias: it's time for questions and answers and comments for Gary! magister: slow down slow reader here AuntiAlias: so here's how we'll do it Our discussion is moderated tonight . So if you have a question, please type "?" and if you have a comment to make, please type "!" and wait for the moderator (AuntiAlias) to call on you. |
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sepapu: ?? Question Gary, Where is bryce in the scheme of Metacreations products. Reflash: ? slareau: This window is irritating though- Java I presume? Refresh rate on a slow system is bad... AuntiAlias: Sepapu! Danny materializes from thin air. Sideways: I think that Brycetalk is a good idea - an IRC app tied to a product (and a community) but the association with Bryce should be leveraged -- like tutorials or "Actions" (or textures, etc.) to be automatically passed from one Bryce user to another... AuntiAlias: queue list: reflash, you're next ChaMelEon: Si! Reflash: Whats the future for Infini- vincehardy: ? bernie wants to play too. AuntiAlias: <folks, please let the current questioner have the floor> Reflash: D magister: ? will there be a editer added to bryce sepapu: Question Gary, Where is bryce in the scheme of Metacreations products? AuntiAlias: queue list reflash, vincehardy (tip: type your question and then hit return when I call on you> Gary L: Bryce is very high on our list of productsl; I see it as being a centerpiece of our 3d solution family as we continue to move forward Bob Van Ess: hi Vince! AuntiAlias: Reflash, go ahead!! Reflash: What is the future for Infini-D ? Jeffric: ? Gregg has joined the party! ChaMelEon: ? wscottart saunters in. slareau: ? paul3d: ? AuntiAlias: Queue list: vincehardy, jeffic, chameleeon, slareau, paul3d Ringo: ? Sideways: ? magister: dr.? zoredzi is off to see the Wizard. Gary L: Reflash, we're working on a very significant revision to InfiniD, which you will hear about soon. AuntiAlias: queue list: jeffric, chameleon, slareau, paul3d, ringo, sideways, magister Reflash: Great!! Hometime: yes!!! AuntiAlias: Jeffric! you're on! :D Jeffric: where is MetaCreations headed? Whats in store for our favourite apps? Calyxa: (what happened to vincehardy?) Gary L: Jeffric, we're headed into the web in a very significant way. Jeffric... AuntiAlias: thanks, Calyxa... I'll call on him next. <sorry, vincehardy> Danny is off to see the Wizard. vincehardy: Mr. Lauer with Kai Krause leaving Metacreations don't you feel like the Chicago Bulls without Michael Jordan? Gary L: all of our 3d products are becoming web enabled. Many new web applications are being introduced like Canoma which just started shipping. zman52 materializes from thin air. Lise: ! AuntiAlias: Vincehardy.. I see your question is posted already.. so... go ahead... Danny has just entered. 3d~?~elf: ? Gary L: I feel more like the Yankees with depth 2 and 3 deep at every position. Suddenly Kronic appears. vincehardy: :) Clay: LOL Jeffric: ! MetaScott: hehe! AuntiAlias: Chameleon, go ahead! ChaMelEon: Are you going to make all the 3D progams you offer compatable with one another? RayDream + export-maybe? Mazrim materializes from thin air. AuntiAlias: Here's the queue: slareau, paul3d, ringo, sideways, magister, Lise, 3D elf, Jeffric ChaMelEon: A stumper? Gary L: Chameleon, ABSOLUTELY!!! WE are working toward all 3d applications being highly interopperable as part of an overall architecture and frame work and also utilizing metastream. Kronic: consulting lawyers :) AuntiAlias: Steve, you're on!! MetaCharacter: (typing) slareau: Hi Gary- just wanted to say what a treat this is. This company amazes me to no end. There's such a great feeling of family between the compay and the end users. <applause> But here's a question for you- ChaMelEon: thanks slareau: What would it take to rehash or replace the current Metalist mailing software? There is SUCH a problem with "guest subscriptions" it's insane. I feel for poor Ollie to have to deal with the weekly mess because of the way it's currently set up. Let's say t Danoe: ? SteveM slinks out. JFBuckley1 wants to play too. slareau: that I'm pleading to the big cheeses on hios and our behalf. It really is a bad situation. KPT Chuck wants to play too. Mazrim: Is this conversation started yet? Gary L: slareau, I don't know but I'll find out. Chippro materializes from thin air. MetaScott: actually, I can answer that- let Mazrim: oops, now I see it JFBuckley1: Good evening, Gary slareau: Great- just had to ask. MetaScott: 's just say we're looking into other options ;) AuntiAlias: Scott, you have the floor fear slinks out. slareau: Scott- very cool. Ollie needs a break. And a raise. :D AuntiAlias: For those of you who've arrived recently, our Q & A is underway... if you have a question, please type "?" if a comment, please type !.. I'll call on you JFBuckley1: ? MetaCharacter: <-- ollie, and we've discussed this before AuntiAlias: paul 3D, you're UP :D MetaScott: I can't say that our list is any better or worse than others I'm on- however there are always limitations with email communities ;) Mazrim: ? ChaMelEon: ? ccasady materializes from thin air. MetaCharacter: thanks for the raise vote though ;) paul3d: will there be an upgrade to bryce4 or rds when you can import either format directly without converting it to some thing else love my rds & byrce4 but hate the time it takes to convert formats Gary L: paul3d, we're looking at that right now as it relates to rds. lharriet wants to play too. renato!: ? paul3d: but not across into bryce4? Gary L: Look for some help here in the next rds upgrade AuntiAlias: Queue list... paul3d, ringo, sideways, magister, Lise, 3D elf, Jeffric, Danoe, JFBuckley1, Mazrim, Chameleon, renato! Dr. Mojo has joined the party! AuntiAlias: oops. Paul 3D just went.. so Ringo, you're on! :D Ringo: Bryce like so many of your other applications is an excellent product. The fact that Metacreations is adding Web related features to the applications is a big plus. Will RayDream Studio have a new very similar "easy to use" userinterface as Bryce? Canoma! prost saunters in. kpg : ? Gary L: Both rds and infiniD upgrades will have ui revisions that are more like bryce Ringo: Great. Clay: cool Spike saunters in. paul3d: :} Gary L: ...Check out the ui on Canoma Hometime: brvo! AuntiAlias: Sideways, you're on! :D Sideways: Lately I've done a lot of mechanically-oriented illustrations... a series of chain links, DNA strands, etc. Bryce doesn't seem to "clone" the same objects in different spots - I wind up with 30Mb Bryce files, and can blow over 100Mb of app RAM in a snap - I can see a lot of potential for illustrations of this style, but it's tough to keep Bryce from crashing with all of the objects. Might Bryce be modified to reference base objects and "clone" them in different locations? Ringo: I just order Canoma. Danny disappears in a blinding flash of smoke. AuntiAlias: <note: consultation going on here in this room.... so hang on....> ; ) Gary L: We're looking at soemthing like this for Bryce5, and this is the best question I've ever been asked online! ;) Sideways: I use Bryce A LOT for high-res illustrations.... Best danged renderer out there. Gary L: I agree :) AuntiAlias: Magister..... go for it!! magister: water lab? muti bryce"networked" Spike: Can't I just take the same pictures required for Canoma and apply them in bryce? Gary L: magister, you're going beyond my bryce knowledge AuntiAlias: Queue list: Lise, 3D elf, Jeffric, Danoe, JFBuckley1, Mazrim, Chameleon, renato!, kpg, magister: sorry Lise: A comment and reminder (hehe). Meta has the best and most dedicated people in the whole business. I think that you must know that by now Mr. Lauer. My hope is that all of the corporate people realize that and keep Meta the best ever. magister: i look ahead Lise: Can you make sure that they know and realize this? Gary L: it's ok :) Lise, I think about this all of the time Lise: Thank you very much! ;-) AuntiAlias: 3d elf, go for it! : ) 3d~?~elf: It's certainly nice to meet like this,and the NDA will prob. prevent muc "in depth talk"... how about a brief bio, lenght of 'enlistment', edu. background,favorite sashimi, ..? i like all of the> current ver. of MCware i have, glad i hung on this long. AuntiAlias: Folks, if you have a question, please type ? If you have a comment, please type ! Gary L: I've been here a little over a year, it's my 3rd company. Previously I was with SGI and IBM. I went to USC business school and my favorite sashimi is Carp :) AuntiAlias: lol slareau: What- no shoe size? LOL! Clay: LOL Gary L: 14ee j/k Minkie: Boxers or briefs? Kronic: lol slareau: <groan> 3d~?~elf: fold crumple Gary L: Minkie, neither :) hee hee hee Clay: Lexus or VW? Mhyper: LOL Reflash: ! Customer service, app support-- improve backward support Gary L: '91 Lexus and suburban Clay: sweeet tommy has joined the party! AuntiAlias: Jeffric!!! Your turn! Jeffric: Where do you see MetaCreations market position this time next year (honestly and realistically) - What can we look forward to? Spike: ? bernie: do know where matt lauer will be monday lol..... wscottart: ? AuntiAlias: Queue list: Jeffric, Danoe, JFBuckley1, Mazrim, Chameleon, renato!, kpg, reflash, Spike, wscottart Gary L: Jeffric, I see us gaining market share this year especially in the 3d area and web apps. I'm very excited about these markets for us Cricket: ? rusty has left the building.
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