MAHWAH, N.J.-Vector graphics animation, an advanced visual technology, will now be available to personal digital assistant users viewing AccuWeather.com’s weather service.
Sharp Electronics Corp. developed the vector graphics technology, dubbed SharpMotionART, and teamed with AccuWeather to develop the first application of the technology. Users with Palm OS or Pocket PC-based devices will be able to view graphical weather presentations on AccuWeather.com’s site.
“Consumers and content developers have waited a long time for a rich graphics solution that supports current devices and networks,” said Bruce Goldstein, senior manager of the SharpMotionART business development team at Sharp Electronics. “In contrast to many of the popular vector graphics technologies that cannot be easily ported to cell phones and PDAs, SharpMotionART enables the creation, publishing and distribution of rich content to multiple handheld device platforms.”
Goldstein said the new vector graphic files are small enough to be delivered over existing wireless networks and played back on some high-end wireless devices.
