Viewpoint Ships Macintosh Beta Version of Viewpoint Media Player; Viewpoint Offers Compelling Cross Platform, Cross Browser Media Player

Business Wire, March 13, 2001

Business/Technology Editors

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 13, 2001

Viewpoint Corporation (Nasdaq: VWPT), the rich media marketing company, today announced that the Macintosh Beta version of the Viewpoint Media Player is now available. The beta version, available for download at http://www.viewpoint.com/create/e4emac.html, enables Mac users to seamlessly browse Web sites employing the patented Viewpoint rich media technology. A final version of the Mac plug-in will be available in the next few months.

In addition to supporting the Macintosh with leading 3D authoring vendors including Curious Labs(R), NewTek and Alias|Wavefront, Mac users for the first time are able to experience Viewpoint's high performance rich media on the Web. With the Mac plug-in, Viewpoint introduces complete functional parity between the Mac and Windows platforms, offering the same incredible experience for Mac users and content creators, regardless of platform or browser.

"When we first began the task of porting the Viewpoint Media Player to the Macintosh platform, we quickly realized the challenge facing us," said Anders Vinberg, Executive Vice President of Engineering and Technology for Viewpoint Corporation. "Viewpoint utilizes two-way scripting capabilities, which until now has never been possible in Internet Explorer on the Macintosh. It was important to us to provide the same unique experience for Mac users that Windows users have always enjoyed."

"Viewpoint's visual fidelity and seamless multimedia integration is unprecedented," said Scott Myers, President of Desktop Laboratories and former columnist for MacWeek. "By delivering true interactive functionality and an amazing experience overall, Viewpoint really did it right. I feel confident in saying that the Mac community is finally able to experience rich 3D media the way it was intended. When the necessary technology didn't exist, Viewpoint's engineering team would invent a solution. JavaScript in IE for the Mac is missing, even for QuickTime, but the engineers at Viewpoint filled in the blanks and created it. Viewpoint is the first media company to bring genuine, robust, interactive 3D media to the Web."

About Viewpoint

Viewpoint is a leading provider of rich media and 3D visualization for marketing and selling on the Web. Viewpoint focuses on licensing its proprietary technologies for e-commerce initiatives and provides a full range of professional services for implementing enhanced rich media Web marketing solutions. The Company is headquartered in New York City with offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Salt Lake City, London and Tokyo. Visit the Viewpoint Web site at http://www.viewpoint.com.

Statements in this press release are "forward-looking" statements as that term is defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These forward-looking statements are based on current expectations that could be affected by risks and uncertainties which include, but are not limited to, the risks described from time to time in Viewpoint's reports to the Securities and Exchange Commission, which includes Viewpoint's Annual Report on Form 10-K.

Viewpoint and Viewpoint Media Player are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Viewpoint Corporation. Other product and company names herein may be trademarks of their respective owners.