http://www.perfectparallel.com/articles/_/corporate/ Wed, 29 Apr 2026 02:44:16 +0000 86400 http://www.perfectparallel.com/articles/_/corporate/perfect-parallel-teams-with-nicklaus-design-to-r63 September 16, 2014

U.S.-based video game developer and golf visualization company Perfect Parallel has announced a new strategic initiative with Nicklaus Design, the world leader in golf course design and the global firm founded by golf icon Jack Nicklaus, to adapt three-dimensional (3-D) modeling techniques developed in the gaming and entertainment world to the world of professional golf course design.

Nicklaus Design has adopted Perfect Parallel's software suite as its official 3-D course design engine, and will be the only golf course design firm with that capability. Nicklaus Design is integrating these tools with its T2Green CAD system to create virtual working models of its golf course designs, which can be viewed in three dimensions and actually played with a golf simulator during the design and construction process.

Although Nicklaus Design has been an industry leader since the late 1980s in the use of CAD systems to design golf courses, adding the Perfect Parallel engine will dramatically enhance the process by generating prototype course designs in a very realistic 3-D environment. These models will give Nicklaus Design and the client the ability to exchange realistic and detailed visual information during the design and permitting process and aid contractors in interpreting the final design during the construction process.

The Perfect Parallel team comes with a global reputation in 3-D modeling and simulation for entertainment uses, including Broadcast TV, sports visualization and simulation, and electronic gaming. Perfect Parallel will drive the joint initiative with Nicklaus Design by licensing the use of its software tools to develop and visualize its golf course designs.

"Forming this relationship was an important strategic decision for our design company, and we became interested in Perfect Parallel based on the realism and accuracy of the cutting-edge golf course models they have been able to produce for broadcast TV and video game products," said John Reese, CEO for the Nicklaus Companies. "As Nicklaus Design extends its golf course design business to geographical areas farther from home, where the traditional design and construction process is not as well understood, and where technology plays a very important role in local cultures and economies, the ability to demonstrate its reputation for quality with the latest professional-grade visualization software has become critical. In Perfect Parallel, we have found a company that understands the direction golf and technology are heading, and we are confident that the 3-D models we produce will provide graphic evidence of the technical and artistic superiority of our design work."

Nicklaus Design has created more than 380 courses open for play in 38 countries and 39 U.S states. No fewer than 110 Nicklaus Design courses have hosted a combined total of over 770 professional tournaments or significant national amateur championships. Close to 100 Nicklaus Design courses have appeared in various national and international Top-100 lists.

"We are proud of our position globally, and, in fact, we are currently working projects in 18 different countries," said Nicklaus Design President Jack Nicklaus II. "The universal language of visual communication allows us to reach across geographical, language and cultural differences and engage our clients in the design process. Our partnership with Perfect Parallel gives us access to tools that will revolutionize our communications by allowing everyone to visualize our designs in a realistic format as they take shape, whether at our design studio in Florida or in a client's office half a world away."

Perfect Parallel President and COO Andrew Jones is excited by the mutual benefits and potential of the new agreement reached with Nicklaus Design.

"Prior to the opportunity to work with Nicklaus Design, Perfect Parallel had never looked for a strategic corporate relationship or endorsement deal for our software," Jones said. "Our focus was licensing our core software suite to end users in the golf entertainment and media industries; however, it became clear early on in our discussions that a broader strategic relationship with Nicklaus Design will help expand our offerings and client base. There is no doubt in my mind that Perfect Parallel and all of its products will benefit from our association with Nicklaus Design, as we collaborate on developing technology and software for golf that integrates real world data with our virtual environments."

About Perfect Parallel Inc.
Perfect Parallel is a software company specializing in virtual sports gaming, broadcast television, marketing and simulation. All of Perfect Parallel's software products--including Terrain ForgeTM, Course ForgeTM, Broadcast Suite, and Perfect Golf--incorporate fully geo-referenced spatial data that enables the integration of real world data into their virtual environments. As the consumer and commercial markets surrounding broadcasting, gaming and mobile continue to battle for user time, Perfect Parallel is leading the push to integrate these three platforms into a single experience that will bring the user closer to the action and more integrated into it. The future of sports simulation is not just in making the experience more realistic, it is in making the user an integrated part of it and allowing users to compete against the professionals that are on television at their gaming console, PC or mobile device.

Perfect Parallel Inc. is incorporated in Florida, with office locations in Buffalo, NY; Washington, DC; and Manchester, England. For more information on Perfect Parallel's visualization services visit http://www.perfectpa...m/visualization or contact them via email at info@perfectparallel.com.

About the Nicklaus Companies
The Nicklaus Companies is dedicated to promoting excellence in the game of golf, preserving its great traditions and growing the game. For nearly 50 years, the mission of the Nicklaus Companies has been to enhance the golf experience, and to bring to the national and international consumer, golf-related businesses and services that mirror the high standards established in the career and life of Jack Nicklaus. In 2007, Jack Nicklaus partnered with Howard Milstein to help further the growth of the company and to realize the full potential of the brands and branded businesses. Howard Milstein is Chairman of New York Private Bank & Trust and is actively involved in the Nicklaus Companies serving as Co-Chairman along with Jack.

Products and services include golf-course design, development of golf and real estate communities, and the marketing and licensing of golf products and services. Nicklaus-branded products have been marketed worldwide since 1962. The Jack Nicklaus and Golden Bear-branded lifestyle collection of products include: restaurants; beverages; wine; home appliances; flooring; cabinets; apparel; footwear; and golf equipment.

For more information on the Nicklaus Companies, please visit www.nicklaus.com.

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Contacts:

Nicklaus Companies
Scott Tolley
Vice President, Corporate Communications
Tel: 561-227-0300
scott.tolley@nicklaus.com


Perfect Parallel
Andrew Jones
President and Chief Operating Officer
301.693.2639
andrew@perfectparallel.com
www.perfectparallel.com]]> Tue, 16 Sep 2014 12:27:43 +0000 0777d5c17d4066b82ab86dff8a46af6f http://www.perfectparallel.com/articles/_/corporate/newspress/perfect-parallel-to-democratize-golf-games-ever-r62
Powered by Unity and built with additional tools for importing terrain and course building with CourseForge, Perfect Golf features properly geo-referenced golf courses from around the world.

Erik Lugris, Founder and CEO of Perfect Parallel, emphasizes "It's amazing what one company like Unity can do to for this generation of game developers. We will continue to take the lead set by David Helgason and Unity in helping to democratize the simulation generation - getting rid of the of old practices and expensive distribution models by empowering the golf enthusiast to have the ability to choose which software they wish to run on their purchased devices, allowing the device manufacturers to stand on their own merit and brand, while players will have the freedom to enjoy golf experiences any way they should."

We're excited to be at this point and are extremely grateful for the community support to cross the finish line. You won't be disappointed.]]> Wed, 16 Apr 2014 04:15:50 +0000 82aa4b0af34c2313a562076992e50aa3 http://www.perfectparallel.com/articles/_/corporate/newspress/use-perfect-parallel-tools-to-build-the-most-re-r61 If your project requires highly accurate and realistic scenery based on locations from around the globe, you have two options: build your own tools, or get started right away using existing tools that are established and proven.

Contact Sales@PerfectParallel.com for more information.]]> Fri, 11 Apr 2014 02:34:31 +0000 bd4c9ab730f5513206b999ec0d90d1fb http://www.perfectparallel.com/articles/_/corporate/physics-test-alpha-build-released-r60 In this build there is no golfer and there is no swingmeter, but you can change all the values that are core to our physics engine within the game environment and you can also save your settings and load them again when you play.
For now this is available as a windows executable but we hope to release in MAC format and maybe even web format very soon.
Instructions can be found on the initial splash screen. As always we welcome your feedback.
Perfect Parallel Team.
It can be downloaded from our downloads section]]> Sat, 20 Jul 2013 15:46:23 +0000 b73ce398c39f506af761d2277d853a92 http://www.perfectparallel.com/articles/_/corporate/importing-national-map-viewer-into-course-forge-r57 The functionality supports ESRI ARC Grid and ERDAS Imagine elevation data rasters and JPEG2000, JPG, and TIF high resolution imagery in some cases in 0.15M resolution.]]> Tue, 04 Jun 2013 12:42:03 +0000 6c4b761a28b734fe93831e3fb400ce87 http://www.perfectparallel.com/articles/_/corporate/importing-apcd-crz-files-into-course-forge-r56 The end result is pretty much a direct copy of what you had in APCD. You can find the video in our videos page.]]> Wed, 22 May 2013 23:17:36 +0000 1c9ac0159c94d8d0cbedc973445af2da http://www.perfectparallel.com/articles/_/corporate/importing-bing-maps-into-course-forge-r55
Simply run course converter and navigate to the Create from Maps tab and then zoom in to any place in the world using the map based interface. Once you have identified the part of the world to import click the Generate button and wait for it to download the data. If selected at the end of the process you will be prompted to save a jpg file which is the image, the XYZ file which is your ascii grid and a heightmap file.
The heightmap file and jpg can then be imported directly into Unity and Course Forge.
Check out the video in our videos section]]> Mon, 13 May 2013 12:59:55 +0000 2a79ea27c279e471f4d180b08d62b00a http://www.perfectparallel.com/articles/_/corporate/perfect-parallel-signs-agreement-with-sky-sports-r54 AUGUSTA, G.A.- For Immediate Release - The fierce competition to attract viewers places major television networks at the cutting edge of broadcast innovation. British broadcaster Sky Sports who will show more than 5,000 hours of golf programming this year amongst the 40,000 hours of sports programming it shows across its six dedicated channels, is looking at Buffalo-based Perfect Parallel to do just that.

Perfect Parallel has pioneered the use of accurately-georeferenced terrain data along with high-resolution images of golf courses to create broadcast quality images and video feeds.
Last week, Sky Sports entered in a multi-year licensing and service contract with Perfect Parallel. Sky Sports will have unlimited access to Perfect Parallel’s content for its live broadcasts of PGA and European Tour events in both Europe and the United States. The agreement began at the most prestigious golf tournament in the world, The Masters.

“Our content allowed Sky Sports to feature the most innovative, comprehensive broadcast out there,” said Buffalo resident and Perfect Parallel founder, Erik Lugris. “And exposure on this level is very difficult to come by.”

Lugris also explained how the partnership with Sky Sports at Augusta has spiked the interest for other opportunities. The three-dimensional content can also be developed for video games, simulators and golf course architects.

“Things are looking bright for us right now.”]]> Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:51:11 +0000 1d7f7abc18fcb43975065399b0d1e48e http://www.perfectparallel.com/articles/_/corporate/brand-identities-approved-r53 Perfect Parallel's Advertising Agency, "One Group" blows the team away again by delivering fresh product identities for our upcoming product launches. Special thanks to John Pelerossi for always delivering the goods.]]> Fri, 22 Feb 2013 03:26:45 +0000 b3e3e393c77e35a4a3f3cbd1e429b5dc http://www.perfectparallel.com/articles/_/corporate/newspress/perfect-parallel-enter-into-an-agreement-with-t-r39 In the comments section to the announcement of PerfectGolf I talked about some news that was coming, well here it is....Finally...

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

TRACKMAN AND PERFECT PARALLEL ENTER INTO AGREEMENT

Washington, DC (November 16, 2012)- We are pleased to announce that "Perfect Parallel has entered into an agreement with TrackMan to develop an integration of their respective products that has the potential to bring real world data to virtual world game play, and next gen 3D visualization to real world play"

This arrangement is a continuation of our commitment to bring the most accurate and realistic golf simulation experience to the gaming industry. This also confirms that our decision to develop on the Unity framework was the right choice. By selecting an engine that is platform agnostic and building our own tools specifically focused on the creation of outdoor environments over the last 12 months we have built a great foundation. David Helgason, Co-Founder and CEO of Unity Technologies went on to say "This is without a doubt the most realistic expression of a run time golf application that I have seen to date.Your team has pushed Unity to it's limits.We love to see that...."



Erik Lugris, Founder of Perfect Parallel adds that "If anyone out there had any doubts that this game would make it to market this confirms that our product is ready for prime time. We continue to stand by our commitment to involve the community in building the best game play around for what is already the most realistic 3D golf experience."

We are currently putting the finishing touches on our kickstarter campaign and we hope to launch it very soon. We will have some great community rewards and lots of ability to participate in on-going development of our game.]]> Fri, 16 Nov 2012 22:48:08 +0000 e00da03b685a0dd18fb6a08af0923de0 http://www.perfectparallel.com/articles/_/corporate/newspress/perfect-parallel-announces-first-simulation-per-r31

Perfect Parallel is pleased to announce that its first sports simulation product will be named PerfectGolf. A brand new approach to creating 3D golf environments, PerfectGolf will become the standard for computer generated golf environments whether for gaming, simulation, design or visualization.]]> Mon, 24 Sep 2012 10:52:00 +0000 1afa34a7f984eeabdbb0a7d494132ee5