Variable Interest Entity

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2020

Organization, Consolidation and Presentation of Financial Statements [Abstract]

Variable Interest Entities

VARIABLE INTEREST ENTITY

A variable interest entity (“VIE”) is an entity that has one of three characteristics: (1) it is controlled by someone other than its shareowners or partners, (2) its shareowners or partners are not economically exposed to the entity's earnings (for example, they are protected against losses), or (3) it lacks sufficient equity to permit the entity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support from other parties.

On April 27, 2018, we invested $1.8 million in present4D GmbH (“present4D”), a software solutions provider for professional virtual reality presentations and training environments, in the form of an equity capital contribution. This contribution represented a minority investment in present4D. This investment's business purpose is to coordinate the design and development of modules supporting compatibility with virtual reality for our existing software offerings.

As of our investment date, present4D was thinly capitalized and lacked the sufficient equity to finance its activities without additional subordinated financial support and is classified as a VIE. We do not have power over decisions that significantly affect present4D’s economic performance and do not represent its primary beneficiary. After April 27, 2020, present4D may request additional equity financing of up to $1.8 million from us in exchange for additional share capital, which additional equity financing would be at our discretion. In July 2019, we originated a $0.5 million note with present4D, which we may convert into additional equity in present4D at our discretion in the event of a default. Further, the note is collateralized by the perpetual and royalty-free, non-exclusive, transferable and sublicensable license granted to us to use present4D’s software. We do not intend to provide future support to present4D or to obtain the aforementioned additional share capital in the future. We do not intend to use the perpetual and royalty-free, non-exclusive, transferable and sublicensable license granted to us to use present4D’s software. During the year ended December 31, 2019, we wrote off our investment in, and our note receivable with, present4D and recognized a total loss of $2.2 million. Our portion of present4D’s net loss for the year ended December 31, 2019 was approximately $0.2 million. We had no remaining asset related to present4D at December 31, 2020 and December 31, 2019. We have no remaining exposure to loss for our involvement with present4D.