Intermetrics, Inc. and Looking Glass Technologies yesterday announced the merger of the two companies' gaming operations to form Intermetrics/Looking Glass Technologies, LLC.

　　Intermetrics is best known for its development of high-end, complex systems for NASA, military, and government applications.

　　Under the terms of the agreement, Paul Neurath, the founder of Looking Glass, and Erik Gloersen, Intermetrics' senior vice president of commercial marketing, both assume the title of managing director of the new company. All current operations and staff remain intact.

　　The newly formed company will develop titles for console and PC, with Intermetrics focusing on the N64 and Looking Glass continuing PC development. Intermetrics has developed infrastructure for Engage Games Online and has titles for the N64 in the works. The company is also working on porting titles between PCs and consoles.

　　"We've proven that can bring in a project on time with clean code," says Gloersen. "We can apply this to the game industry, especially to platform conversions, because the timing is so tight."

　　Looking Glass recently shipped British Open Championship Golf and is preparing to release Flight Unlimited II this fall and The Dark Project, an RPG, next spring.