Swerve 3D Applications to Japanese Wireless Marketplace

Disco Corporation and Wirebee Inc announced that they have signed a major exclusive licensing and distribution agreement with Superscape plc.

Inset is a screenshot from Comic Blast which is a Swerve enabled 3D Wireless game.

Under the terms of the agreement, Disco and Wirebee will jointly promote Superscape's 3D Swerve enabling technology for mobile phones and PDAs to the Japanese marketplace. Swerve has been developed by Superscape specifically for wireless platforms, providing the ability to deliver a wide range of 3D applications including games and menuing systems. Japan is the largest and most innovative market in the world for games on mobile phones.

Mr. Takashi Hayashi, President, Disco Corporation said: "I am delighted that we have this exciting opportunity to bring Superscape's Swerve technology to the Japanese marketplace. There is considerable demand for new, high quality 3D applications and based on my experience of the marketplace for mobile games, I believe that Swerve-based applications will prove to be very popular in Japan."

Mr. Takatoshi Maesawa, President, Wirebee Inc, said: "Swerve has a number of key features which will make it a very attractive solution in Japan. Swerve Client provides a generic 'engine' capable of running an infinite number of different types of application. It runs on all ARM-core based handsets and is compatible with a wide range of operating systems including Symbian, Brew and Microsoft Pocket PC -- all without modification. Authoring of applications in Swerve is based on 3D Studio Max. This means that content developers will be able to quickly and easily develop interactive 3D applications specifically for Japanese consumers."

Disco and Wirebee will initially be focused on licensing the use of Swerve Author with the aim of creating a catalogue of Japanese applications with big content providers like Taito Corporation.

Kevin Roberts, CEO, Superscape plc said: "I am delighted that the country's most experienced players in the mobile sector have selected Superscape's Swerve as their 3D technology of choice. I am confident that working closely with Disco and Wirebee, we will be able to establish Swerve as a leading solution in the Japanese market."

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