Kaon Interactive Inc. Announces Alliance With FurnitureFan.com Partnership To Accelerate Usage of 3D in the Furniture Industry

Furniture World Magazine

Kaon Interactive Inc., the leading provider of "Turn-Key 3D Solutions for the Web(TM)" announced a Joint Marketing Agreement with FurnitureFan.com to promote Kaon's photorealistic 3D technology to FurnitureFan's broad base of manufacturing customers. FurnitureFan will feature Kaon's 3D models and proprietary room planning technologies on its Web site and each company will market the other's services to interested parties and refer qualified prospects. "Incorporating Kaon's technologies into our site augments our business model perfectly", said Mitchell Russo, CEO of Furniture Fan. "Our goal is to enable visitors to find the right products on-line, and connect them with local retailers who can best serve them. Kaon's 'virtual trial' experience increases the visitor's confidence that they have found exactly what they want. FurnitureFan's manufacturing customers will benefit, our retailers will benefit, and our visitors will benefit ... a win-win-win". "We are excited to present Kaon's solutions to the furniture manufacturers that we work with", said Gary Chase, President of FurnitureFan. "Until now, presenting furniture on- line has pretty much been limited to 2D photos. Combining our site concept and manufacturer/retailer network with Kaon's turn- key solutions will generate a tremendous amount of traffic and increase customer satisfaction and loyalty." Kaon Interactive's photorealistic and geometrically precise 3D models are produced using a proprietary image capture process and displayed over the Web with Kaon's highly efficient display engine. FurnitureFan users can rotate, pan, zoom, and even measure the furniture's dimensions. The result is an on- line, real-time trial experience for the consumer that provides an abundance of visual information about the product being viewed and increases consumer confidence in making the purchase decision. Kaon's unique display technology is Java-based, allowing viewing across platforms, within standard browsers, without the need for a plug-in-a major advance in the delivery of rich, interactive content in a user-friendly medium. About Kaon Interactive Inc.: Kaon Interactive's 3D solutions heighten the user experience by creating the most engaging, interactive, and realistic 3D experiences on the Web. Kaon's "Turn-Key 3D"(TM) technologies have virtually universal application in support of e-commerce and service, distance learning and training, and more. Kaon Interactive is a privately held company headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Its Board of Directors includes: Chairman and co-founder Stephen Levy, formerly Chairman and CEO of BBN Corporation; Richard Silton, President & CEO of Kaon; Albert Stevens, co-founder of Kaon; Gary Bowen, Chairman, Quantum Bridge Communications and a former executive at Wellfleet/Bay Networks; David Solomont, former Chairman and CEO of Utopia and co-founder of Common Angels, a Boston-based high-technology venture network; and David Teplow, Chairman of Integra Technology Consulting Corp., and founder of Database Technologies. Kaon Interactive is headquartered at 125 CambridgePark Drive, Cambridge, MA 02140. Phone: (978) 876-5266 Fax: (617) 876-2244 Web: http://www.kaon.com Email: info@kaon.com About FurnitureFan.com: FurnitureFan.com is a privately held corporation, formed in 1999 as FurnitureChannel.com. Founded by furniture industry veteran and president, Gary Chase, upper management is comprised of experienced people from the furniture, computer and consumer marketing industries. FurnitureFan.com specializes in providing furniture retailers with a host of powerful and critical marketing services, starting with their own FurnitureFan on-line store. Additionally, FurnitureFan host manufacturers' catalogs and creates on-line showrooms which are coupled with extensive educational materials about manufacturers. FurnitureFan.com is also the country's largest on-line directory of furniture stores with nearly 40,000 listings. FurnitureFan is headquartered at 142 North Road, Sudbury, MA 01776. Phone: (978) 371-2590 Fax:(978) 371-2533 Web: http://www.furniturefan.com E-mail: info@furniturefan.com