TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--HI CORPORATION (Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan; President and CEO: Kazuo Kawabata; hereinafter "HI")(JASDAQ:3846) announced today that HI's 3D rendering engine "MascotCapsule eruptionST" has been adopted by SQUARE ENIX CO., LTD. (Headquarters: Tokyo, Japan; President and Representative Director: Yoichi Wada; hereinafter "Square Enix") for their role-playing game "CHAOS RINGS Ω (Omega)" that was launched worldwide for iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.
CHAOS RINGS Ω is a prequel set 10,000 years before the original CHAOS RINGS that has made it to the number-one sales spot in 15 different countries, including Japan and the United States, on App Store and was listed by Apple Inc. as one of the best applications of the year in "iTunes® Rewind 2010." In addition to the original, MascotCapsule franchise was again adopted for the prequel.
eruptionST is a 3D rendering engine that dramatically improves the speed of image processing and enhances the power of expression. It is also compliant with stereoscopic 3D. As eruptionST makes the best use of the performance capabilities of iPhone, iPod touch and iPad, it contributes to the high-speed rendering of the beautiful graphics that were well-received in the original CHAOS RINGS. In addition, using eruptionST leads to efficiency of the development and the reduction of the development workload as well because it allows utilizing 3D models and animations that were previously developed with the MascotCapsule franchise.
HI will make efforts to expand the use of eruptionST in order to be used for more content development as well as to promote its worldwide dissemination and support.
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SQUARE ENIX and CHAOS RINGS are trademarks or registered trademarks of
Square Enix Group.
* MascotCapsule is a registered trademark of HI
CORPORATION in Japan.
* Other company names and product names are
trademarks and/or registered trademarks of respective companies.
[How To Obtain Software Development Kit]
To obtain the SDK for eruptionST, you need to accept the commercial license agreement. (A license fee is required.) Please contact adinfo@hicorp.co.jp for more details.
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[About HI CORPORATION]
HI CORPORATION is a leading research and development company in middleware development for embedded devices. Its flagship product, a real-time 3D rendering engine "MascotCapsule," has been adopted by five Japanese mobile network operators as well as by major mobile phone manufacturers for their global releases. As of the end of March 2010, MascotCapsule was shipped with more than 600 million units of mobile phones worldwide.
A variety of console-quality 3D content and 3D user interfaces using MascotCapsule are widely distributed in China, Europe, Japan, South Korea, United States and more. HI will continue to actively provide MascotCapsule for home and car electronic devices other than mobile phones.
For more information, visit our website at http://www.hicorp.co.jp/english/index.html.
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