MetaCreations
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| MetaCreations | |
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| Type of Company | Software Developer |
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| Founded | Fractal Technology (1987?); Harvard Systems Corporation (1987) |
| Headquarters | Carpinteria, CA |
| *Rebranded Viewpoint Corporation in 1999 | |
MetaCreations was a computer software company founded in 1997 by the mergers of MetaTools, Fractal Design Corporation, Ray Dream, Specular, and RTG. John Wilczak, Mark Zimmer, and Kai Krause headed up initial operations before Wilczak and Krause left the company in 1998 and 1999 respectively.
MetaCreations was best known for its graphics applications, notably Ray Dream Studio/Infini D, Fractal Design Painter, Bryce, and Kai's Power Tools. In 1999 MetaCreations invested itself heavily in the newly developed '3d on the Web' technology "MetaStream" and began restructuring from graphics applications to Internet technology. MetaCreations formed a subsidiary company called MetaStream, acquired Viewpoint Digital, and ultimately merged all operations together to become the Viewpoint Corporation. The newly formed Viewpoint Corporation divested itself of all former MetaCreations graphics products to push MetaStream technology.
Today the former MetaCreations is an extremely successful Internet marketing company. Viewpoint Corporation is probably best known for the hotly debated Viewpoint Media Player installed inside AIM/AOL packages.
[edit] External links and references
- Viewpoint Corporation
- MetaCreations: A Chronology (Scroll down)
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