Gothenburg, October 4, 2005

Opticore AB today announces Release 11.0 of the Opus Solution Suite containing their market leading applications Opus Realizer and Opus Studio.

Release 11.0 will be offered via Beta-program for customers the week commencing October 24 ^th 2005 and production release will be shipped to customers during December 2005.

Opus Release 11.0 includes a large set of functionalities to further strengthen Opticore's position on the market. As examples, Release 11.0 includes support for IBL (Image Based Lighting) using HDRI (High-dynamic-range-images), one-click-enabled Real-time Shadows and further enhanced support for true Global Illumination.

-This announcement underscores Opticore's leadership in the high-quality real-time visualization segment, says Peter Larsson, Opticore Vice President of Products. Opticore's customer base contains a majority of the world's automotive manufacturers together with a large list of design houses, consumer's electronics and industrial customers. Opticore is by far the most widely used high-end visualization solutions for professional usage.

Opticore's focus is to deliver software that allows its customers to reduce cost and lead-time from their design process, by reducing or even eliminating the need for physical prototypes and models during their design process. Customers can also improve communication of design data, as well as allowing evaluation of substantially more design alternatives, with a resulting higher degree of design quality.