BALTIMORE, July 12 -- VPI Virtual Photonics, the developer of professional tools and productivity systems for next generation products and networks, released a new productivity system this week at NFOEC 2001. The powerful productivity system extends best of breed VPI design tools to support collaborative development of optical products and solutions by engineering teams in different functional departments and locations. The VPI design Center consolidates fragmented component, subsystem and system design activities by facilitating information exchange with dynamic virtual prototypes.