An Interview with  Glaze3D and the People Behind the Technology

Written: 8/18/99
Written By: Tahir Khan

Firstly let me thank you for taking time out to do this interview once again. I apologize for the length of this interview but I am hoping to do a complete article on the exciting technology that is Glaze3D.

I would ask that you try to - when it is possible - answer the questions in full even though some of the answers are already available on your WWW pages and press release. This is not to make your life difficult, but rather to aid the reader’s understanding of the technology that you have developed, without having to really understand the jargon around it (jargon can be cool though!)

For your convenience and for the readers I have ordered the questions into sub-headings. Most of these questions are mine, however a fair few are from my colleagues, Vince Freeman (who also helped me sense of some of the figures on your press release) from ExtremeHardware and Bill Stone from PC Paradox being the most prolific and notable contributors.

I would like to apologize in advance on the ‘harshness’ of some of these questions but I think you will understand that a comment from you regarding such matters would help clear up the air and finally put to rest the ‘cynics’.

Onto the questions... J

Bitboys

Who are the Bitboys?

Bitboys is a Finnish 3D-graphics company, founded a few years ago to graphics hardware.

What has been your previous experience?

Personally, we all worked on the Pyramid3D-project and we have also been doing 3D-graphics software and algorithms for about 10 years now.

We hear of Future Crew here and there throughout your WWW pages. Can you tell us who the Future Crew are? What was their work in the past?

Future Crew is a Finnish demo group, founded by people now working at Bitboys and at Remedy Entertainment. They haven’t been active lately, but are well remembered from their Second Reality and other demos for the PC.

Who from the Future Crew is at the Bitboys?

Mika Tuomi and Sami Tammilehto.

When were the Bitboys founded?

1998, although the same team operated under Bitboys Oy name before, but that was a different legal entity founded back in 1991.

Who are the Bitboys funded by?

Can’t say, sorry.

What is your company philosophy?

It has always been: “Our goal is to provide state of the art graphics solutions.”

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