Cybernet Systems' UseYourHead PC Gaming Peripheral Software Now Available Via Internet Download

Business Wire, Nov 13, 2000

Business Editors, Technology Writers

ANN ARBOR, Mich.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 13, 2000

First Interactive Gesture Recognition Software That Lets Players Use

Their Heads With Their Favorite PC Games Now Available

Cybernet Systems today announced that UseYourHead(TM) (formerly known as HeadHunter(TM)), the industry's first software product that provides a new dimension in PC game play by allowing players to use head movements as input commands, is now available to consumers via Internet download at www.useyourheadsw.com.

Based on Cybernet's patent-pending, gesture recognition and tracking technology, UseYourHead works in conjunction with a USB PC camera (such as cameras by 3Com(TM) and Intel(R)) to detect players' head movements and translate them into game commands, augmenting mouse clicks and keystrokes. This gives players more freedom to focus on other keyboard and mouse commands as they maneuver through their favorite action, adventure, flight simulation, children's or shooter games.

"UseYourHead is a truly revolutionary concept in PC game enhancement software as it places a player more intimately in control of the game," noted Anthony J. Comazzi, Cybernet's vice president of business development and director of marketing for UseYourHead. "And because it works in conjunction with most popular games that accept keystrokes as commands, UseYourHead can be used with everything from an educational software game aimed at primary age children to flight simulation programs for the more sophisticated consumer."

"With the introduction of UseYourHead, Cybernet Systems has proven that gaming can be more than a completely sedentary experience," noted Tal Blevins, editor in chief at gaming website IGN PC (http://pc.ign.com), an online entertainment portal. "Tools like this are paving the way for the future of immersive gaming."

"Over 30 million households already enjoy playing games on their personal computers," noted Gerry Kaufhold, principal analyst with Cahners In-Stat Group, a high-tech market research firm based in Scottsdale, Ariz. "But the PC needs a more natural interface if it is to remain dominant against all the new game consoles that are being rolled out. UseYourHead provides a quantum leap forward, permitting gamers of all ages to literally 'look and click' to win the game. UseYourHead is an important innovation that will affect much more than games in the very near future."

UseYourHead was initially known as HeadHunter. During the product's beta testing phase, it proved to be compatible with a much broader range of PC games than its initial target market of first and third-person and shooter games. The product name was changed to UseYourHead in order to reflect its more widespread market appeal and its underlying technology.

Beginning today, through a partnership with Get Software of San Carlos, Calif., UseYourHead is available for download at www.useyourheadsw.com at a price of $29.99. Get Software is a wholly owned subsidiary of Release Now, a leading commerce service provider for vendors of digital goods. The software will also be available in CD format in many of the major retail and computer outlets later this month, making it an affordable and timely holiday gift.

About Cybernet

Cybernet Systems Corp. is a profitable, rapidly growing technology-based company focused on developing products that combine software and Internet intelligence with human-machine interaction. Cybernet has successfully leveraged its wealth of intellectual property to bring force feedback technology to market in the form of game controllers and joysticks, and introduced the first Linux-based Internet appliance software. The company continues to innovate in the areas of Internet medical systems, large-scale distributed network training and gaming and gesture control interface technology. Additional information on Cybernet Systems is available on the web at www.cybernet.com. Additional information about UseYourHead can be found at www.useyourheadsw.com.