Hyperion Entertainment licenses 3D technology to Smiths Aerospace

[AmigaPapst]

Hyperion Entertainment VOF announces that it has licensed its 3D driver technology for ATI Radeon 9000 chipsets to Smiths Aerospace LLC (UK) .

Hyperion's 3D driver technology is OpenGLtm ES compatible and was originally developed for Amigatm OS 4, Hyperion's multi-media centric, small foot-print embedded OS. Smiths Aerospace has adapted Hyperion's 3D drivers to comply with DO-178B standards and has incorporated a 2D version into its current display technology. Smiths Aerospace has the future capability to incorporate Hyperion's 3D driver technology for use in wide area displays intended for use in civil and military aircraft.

About Smiths: Smiths Aerospace, a part of Smiths Group, is a leading transatlantic aerospace systems and equipment company, with more than 10,000 employees and $2 billion revenues worldwide. The company holds key positions in the supply chains of all major military and civil aircraft and engine manufacturers and is a world-leader in digital, electrical power, mechanical systems, engine components and customer services.

About Hyperion VOF: Hyperion Entertainment VOF is a privately held Belgian-German company founded in February of 1999. The company specialises in 3D graphics and 3D driver development, firmware development for embedded systems, IT consulting and the conversion of high quality entertainment software from Windows to niche platforms including Amiga, Linux (x86,PPC) and MacOS. Since November of 2001 Hyperion Entertainment has been working on AmigaOS 4.0 for PowerPC powered devices, the latest incarnation of the multi-media centric, small-footprint operating system originally launched by Commodore Business Machines (CBM) in 1985.

http://www.hyperion-entertainment.biz
http://www.smiths-aerospace.com/

[x56h34]

Smiths Aerospace will receive a working copy of the drivers in 2 more weeks. :-D

[asian1]

Great development!

I read that a Canadian aerospace company that creates the new generation of "Canada Arm" had bought Pegasos ODW and may use the embedded PowerPC boards on the device.

I hope someday Smith Aerospace's products with Hyperion driver will be used on ISS / other space missions.

[Framiga]

in few words, another "Star Wars" episode!

[JoannaK]

Nice to hear they do get some return of their year's long work.

[xeron]

:-)

[Tomas]

A good move on hyperions part.

I sadly doubt this will affect OS4 though and the current lack of hardware situation..

[System]

What "3D technology" exactly?

[Panthro]

:-D yeah great news for Hyperion!!  :-D

Well done lads have a :pint:
you deserve it. (and did before too)

now if only the Hardware thing gets sorted
I can throw some cash at you. :-)

[xeron]

What "3D technology" exactly?

I would imagine its an OpenGL ES compatible driver for Radeon 9000 series cards, that was originally developed for AmigaOS4. I can't imagine where I get that notion from... hmmm... where could I have got that idea? Hmmmmmm.... Oh yes. The news item at the top of this very page!

[System]

I would imagine its an OpenGL ES compatible driver for Radeon 9000 series cards, that was originally developed for AmigaOS4.

And a company would *pay* for an AmigaOS driver for a non-Amiga OS for what reason?

[Agafaster]

so they dont have to write their own ?

[xeron]

@mdma

Maybe they *paid* for a *portable* OpenGL implimentation with Radeon drivers.

[Wilse]

Some good news for a change - nice one! :pint:

[PMC]

Could Eurofighter pilots be using 3d displays courtesy of Hyperion?  Sounds too good to be true!  

"Hyperion - military spec, coming to a desktop near you..."

I'm suddenly having nightmares....