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Viewpoint along with a unique identifying code.
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Viewpoint Media Player as the graphics platform for interactive 3D tours of their products. The player was used to power the Scion configurator on the Build Your Scion website, which won the People's Voice Webby Award in
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Viewpoint is removed whilst a program requiring it remains installed, it again re-installs silently without notifying the user. The Viewpoint Media Player itself does not directly collect user identifiable
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