Department of the Treasury, Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, Acquisition Division, Room 3290, 650 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20226

70 -- INERACTIVE FIRE INVESTIGATION TOOL (CD-ROM) SOL BATF-97-18 POC Craig S. Segall, Contract Specialist, (202) 927-8689; Charles H. Logan, Contracting Officer, (202) 927-7717 The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Stone House Media for the purchase of an interactive fire investigation tool on CD-ROM. ATF is currently developing this interactive fire investigation computer based training tool which will ultimately be delivered on CD-ROM. Due to the complexity of fire investigations and the three dimensional detail which will be necessary to accurately and properly portray the feel of a fire investigation, it will be necessary to utilize the most cutting edge technology available. One of these technologies is Photo-realistic Quick Time Virtual Reality (QTVR). QTVR allows for a continuous view of rapidly occurring events with minimal distortion or loss of detail This would allow the user to navigate through a fire scenarieo with their own eyes instead of the eyes of a third person "observer" and be able to make observations from all conceivable angles. After extensive market research, Stone House Media wasthe only company found to possesss these abilities. See numbered Note 22. (0182)

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