Welcome!

The creation of the 3D@Home Consortium has been driven by a desire by many of the leading 3D organizations to ensure the best possible 3-dimensional viewing experience to the billions of consumers in today's home entertainment marketplace. To achieve this desire, several short term goals have been identified:

• facilitate the development of industry standards and their dissemination
• create and publish useful technical roadmaps
• develop educational materials for training, consumer and retail channels

There are many, diverse organizations working in the burgeoning 3D supply chain, including: 3D content developers, technology companies creating software to manipulated digital content, companies with hardware platforms upon which it is shown, standards bodies, and educational institutions.

The Consortium is now accepting members. JOIN NOW and become a part of this very exciting industry-wide effort.

The formal LAUNCH of the consortium took place during a breakfast meeting on April 15 in Las Vegas. To view the presentation from this meeting, dowload this .pdf file (658 KB)

The first quarterly meeting is tentatively scheduled for June 24 in the San Francisco Bay Area. Stay tuned for more details. This will be a members only meeting, so join before that to have a voice in this exciting venture and steering teams and project teams are formed.

First Step: Download this Membership Form

Organization Structure

The organization of the 3D@Home Consortium is built upon the proven framework of similar organizations. The primary work will be carried out by four Steering Teams and the project teams. The oversight will be provided by a Board of Directors made up of company representatives that join at the Board Level Membership. Management of the consortium will be provided by Insight Media and the USDC.

Meetings

Consortium meetings will be held quarterly with scheduled time for Steering Teams and Project Teams to meet and report. Quarterly meeting agendas will include invited presentations from all parts of the 3D industry, plus additional technology and market presentations for Board and Leadership level groups only. In an effort to reduce expenses and enrich the valuable time spent participating and traveling, the intent is to have these meetings at member sites or industry events whenever possible.