OC3 Entertainment, the leading provider of facial animation technology in the videogame industry, and Fonix Speech Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Fonix Corp. providing speech technology solutions and interfaces for video games, mobile devices, handheld electronic products, and systems and processors, will showcase FaceFX Live featuring Fonix VoiceIn speech recognition at the 2006 Game Developers Conference (GDC), March 20-24 in San Jose, Calif.

OC3 Entertainment's new FaceFX Live product uses Fonix's VoiceIn voice recognition technology to generate facial animation data in real-time using audio input from a microphone. The product enables games and other online 3-D applications to simulate social interaction with talking characters. FaceFX Live is uniquely positioned to allow video game developers to add greater interactivity to a variety of games ranging from online board games to Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games (MMORPGs).

"Great facial animation starts with great voice recognition technology, and that is exactly what Fonix VoiceIn brings to the table," said Doug Perkowski, CEO of OC3 Entertainment. "Our partnership with Fonix has helped us build strong customer relationships and broaden our presence in the rapidly expanding video game market."

"OC3 is demonstrating new and innovative ways to incorporate voice recognition into next-generation video games," said Timothy K. Hong, VP of Mobile and Videogames, Fonix Speech Inc. "FaceFX pushes the creativity envelope and offers game developers a cool, unique new tool. The combination of facial animation and voice recognition should result in incredible new video games as designers take advantage of opportunities to make games more realistic."

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