(SANDY, UT March 25, 2000)—IXR's double-Emmy winning cinematographer Tom Grissom filmed US Pro Champion Marty Jemison in the Prologue Time Trial of the recent Sea Otter Classic. This video, plus video shot with Marty training on the Pacific Coast Highway and in Carmel Valley, plus more video from the 1999 Paris Roubaix Classic, will be included with the initial Blackburn Motivator System, as Bonus Rides, to preview of what future titles may hold. Availability is expected in May, 2000, at a retail price of $399. See www.exerscape.com to learn more and to sign up for First Shipment Notification.
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Marty Jemison Launching Into The Sea Otter Time Trial
The Blackburn Motivator Digital Interactive Training System is the first product based on the brand new US patented Exerscape™ variable rate digital video technology invented by IXR Corp. Exerscape smoothly varies the video speed under the control of the wheel speed. As you pedal faster, you go faster through the helmet cam video filmed on location. Self-selected music, played from the Internet or from a local CD, enhances the Exerscape experience. Workout data is saved for review; the exerscape.com Web database will enable users to share their workout information with coaches, rehabilitation specialists, and others.
The included WebDVD will also contain over three hours of MPEG2 video filmed on location on and around the White Rim Trail through Canyonlands National Park. Mr. Grissom captured the best parts of this world-famous 106-mile trail, riding a motorcycle behind Olympic medalist Susan DeMattei and professional mountain bike racer Carmen Richardson. Visually stunning, the included Motivator DVD mentally transports users to Canyonlands as they ride through the desert cliffs. controlling their speed by pedaling faster or slower. Future versions will dynamically control the resistance level, based on the presence of hills in the video. A growing library of WebDVD titles will feature famous races and beautiful places.
IXR's breakthrough Exerscape™ technology provides an unmatched level of realism by seamlessly varying the video rate of high-quality MPEG2 DVD Video. As Jim Taylor, noted author of "DVD Demystified", puts it "Exerscape is an unparalleled advancement of stunning simplicity" Originally conceived and invented by IXR founder Bruce Ewert, Exerscape™ enables high-quality digital video speed to be manipulated at will. Mr. Ewert, with his Speilbergian visage and varied sporting and technologic background, notes "this is just the first step of where we want to take users as we continue to push the frontiers of realistic POV capture and user-driven displays, with real-time Internet connectivity!"
IXR Corp. is a private software development company based in Sandy, Utah. Based in San Jose, California, Blackburn is one of the family of high-quality brands, including Bell, Giro, Rhode Gear and Vistalite, of Bell Sport, one of the largest accessory companies in the bicycle industry with over $210 million in 1998 sales. Motivator and Digital Interactive Training System are trademarks of Bell Sport. Exerscape, Exerscape, physio-interactive and RIDE.moab are trademarks of IXR Corp. Windows 98 is a trademark of Microsoft.