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Thursday 31 January 2008
TUDelta article: Racing against Formula 1's greats
Racing from your living room against hotshots like Kimi Raikkonen and Fernando Alonso in a real Formula 1 race. The company iOpener Media, recently relocated to the TU's incubator Yes!Delft
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Thursday 17 January 2008
Triangle finances iOpener, a real-time game engine company
European Space Agency (ESA) spin-off iOpener receives €4.1 million to start up operations. iOpener has developed a technology to map real-world competitions such as Formula 1 to an artificial world, allowing gamers to participate in the race virtually and in real time! Their first product is based on “rocket-science” innovations from ESA, which allow the efficient transmission of telemetric data from a plurality of moving objects and their mapping into the game’s virtual world.
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Tuesday 1 April 2008
French leading newspaper intrigued by iOpener’s activities
Le Figaro, French leading newspaper, published an article today introducing iOpener’s immersive product to the French public…
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Wednesday 19 March 2008
iOpener gives Press Conference to NordRhein-Westfalen press
Today the iOpener management team presented their company to the regional press at the Technologiezentrum in Aachen.

Friday 14 March 2008
iOpener attends the 'Dutch Career fair' in Amsterdam (NED)
iOpener attends the biggest Dutch Career fair: 'Nationale Carrière Beurs' which takes place in Amsterdam to promote vacancies in iOpener's development team.

Monday 25 February 2008
iOpener CEO meets Singapore Minister of State for Trade and Industry
iOpener CEO, Andy Lürling, met Minister of State for Trade and Industry, Mr S. Iswaran today in Singapore to discuss opportunities in Singapore and potential modes of collaboration...

Thursday 21 February 2008
iOpener delegation visits GDC in San Francisco
An iOpener delegation visited this year's Game Developers Conference in San Francisco, with the objective of introducing its Real-time Live Play product to specific game publishers and developers. Reactions were more than positive, with follow-up meetings already planned. The delegation also explored the opportunity to be participate in next year's edition.

Monday 18 February 2008
iOpener's COO key note speaker at Kick of European Satellite Navigation Competition
In Munich (GER) today, iOpener's COO, Sven Bakkes, had the honour to present the company as one of the Success Stories of the European Satellite Navigation Competition…..

Saturday 2 February 2008
iOpener showcases Real-time Games on Dutch television
Tonight on Ned 3 (Dutch television) the VPRO will broadcast the TV programme 'In de ban van het ding'. In this programme the presenters are always reporting new innovative products and inspiring concepts. iOpener was asked to participate to showcase it's product known under the name 'Real-time Games'.
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Friday 1 February 2008
ESA press release: ESA Space Incubator start-up company receives €4.1 million investment
A successful business 'incubatee' of ESA's Technology Transfer Programme has been given €4.1 million venture capital for start-up operations. The German/Dutch company iOpener has developed.
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Thursday 3 January 2008
iOpener - new headquarters in Aachen (Germany)
In preparation for the upcoming investment, iOpener will base its new headquarters in Aachen...

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