IPIX Expands Image Hosting Services Offering Uploads to Realtor.com

    Business Editors/High-Tech Writers

    OAK RIDGE, Tenn.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 13, 2005--IPIX, a leader in visual interactive imaging solutions, today launched an expanded image hosting service, Host@IPIX(TM), which gives real estate professionals the option to upload links of their IPIX-hosted virtual tours to Realtor.com, the official Web site of the National Association of Realtors.
    The release of Host@IPIX represents the completion of a major initiative to fully meet the virtual tour needs of real estate professionals. IPIX worked with Homestore, Inc., operator of Realtor.com, to make Host@IPIX compatible with Homestore's new PicturePath(TM) virtual tour linking program.
    "With Host@IPIX I can easily upload my tours, post them to Realtor.com and immediately send links to potential buyers or use the links provided to embed in my own Web site. The real estate-specific template gives my tours the professional look and feel that my customers expect," said Mike Mackillip, Digital Magic, Littleton, CO.
    IPIX technology gives potential buyers the visual interactive content needed to virtually walk through a home and make informed buying decisions. According to a Pew Internet & American Life Project November 2004 survey, on a typical day more than two million people are using the Internet to take a virtual tour.
    Host@IPIX, which has been redesigned with a new customizable template and per-tour payment options, provides an easy online interface to store, update, view and share virtual tours. The updated hosting service, along with the IPIX image creation software and custom camera systems, makes IPIX a one-stop-shop solution to successfully create, customize, host and deploy virtual tours and panoramic images.

    About IPIX InfoMedia

    IPIX InfoMedia is the world's leading developer of full-360 degree panoramic image technology. Our products offer superior image capture and an open, flexible data format that can easily be integrated into a wide range of business systems. IPIX InfoMedia solutions serve the Visual Media and Visual Documentation markets. IPIX InfoMedia is a business unit of IPIX Corporation (Nasdaq:IPIX). IPIX Corporation is a premium supplier of visual intelligence technologies for critical government and commercial security applications. Learn more about IPIX's business units (IPIX Security and IPIX InfoMedia) at www.ipix.com.

    IPIX, the IPIX logo, and Host@IPIX are trademarks or registered trademarks of IPIX Corporation.
    REALTOR(R) is a federally registered collective of membership marks, which identifies a real estate professional who is a Member of the NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS(R) and subscribes to its strict Code of Ethics.

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