HIS, PowerColor and SAPPHIRE bundle BumpTop 3D desktop for millions of customers

TORONTO, Aug. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Graphics card vendors HIS, PowerColor and SAPPHIRE Technology are offering their customers a free copy of BumpTop, an interactive, 3D computer desktop and user interface. BumpTop leverages the power of the GPUs to boost productivity and bring new rich, user experiences to everyday computing.

"The 3D graphics from HIS, PowerColor and SAPPHIRE help bring our rich, visual user interface to life," said BumpTop co-founder and CEO Anand Agarawala. "Graphics cards can render amazing effects in 3D games, but they can also improve your computing experience outside of gaming as well."

BumpTop harnesses 3D graphics to create a virtual environment much like a real office, with a desktop where you can pile files and walls where you can pin-up photos and sticky notes.

"Having played with BumpTop it's easy to see the benefit of bundling it with modern graphics cards," said Dr. Jon Peddie, president of Jon Peddie Research, a market research and consulting company specializing in graphics, multimedia and consumer electronics. "3D graphics have been popular among gamers, but applications outside of the entertainment arena have been scarce. This pairing allows graphics vendors to demonstrate the value of 3D graphics every time the user sits down at the computer - and it's fun to use."

HIS, PowerColor and SAPPHIRE will offer BumpTop to their customers through a variety of methods including through their websites and included with device drivers online and in product packages beginning later this month. For more information on BumpTop please visit http://BumpTop.com/.

About BumpTop

Bump Technologies Inc. is the Toronto-based creator of BumpTop, an innovative 3D user interface enabling natural organization and sharing. The technology was demonstrated at TED, the annual "Technology, Entertainment, Design" conference and based on its success there, received angel and venture capital funding and incorporated in 2007.

Partner Quotes

"Since BumpTop was showcased at TED we have been excited about the value it could bring to our customers," said Peter Yeung, Global Marketing Director, Hightech Information System. "BumpTop is making 3D graphics useful in addition to being fun and entertaining."

"BumpTop creates a brand new user experience for computer desktops," said Ted Chen, CEO of TUL Corporation, a leading manufacturer of the established PowerColor brand. "We are excited to add this innovative application into our graphics solution. Backed by the power of PowerColor graphics, BumpTop will make the user experience more vivid and change the way the traditional computer desktop is used."

"As the leading supplier of ATI-based graphics solutions, we've seen people use 3D graphics in more and more applications over the past 20 years, but the desktop has hardly changed at all," said Bill Donnelly, Global PR Director for SAPPHIRE Technology. "BumpTop takes the desktop to the next generation, delivering a high-quality, 3D environment every time they start their computer."

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SOURCE Bump Technologies Inc.

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