The Web3DConsortium is a non profit organization not for profit , member funded industry consortium whose purpose is to define and develop the X3D royalty free open standard s file format and Run time system runtime architecture to represent and communicate 3D computer graphics 3D scenes . The development of Web3D 3D web based graphics has evolved from its beginnings as the Virtual Reality Modeling Language VRML to Extensible 3D X3D . Over recent years, advances in real time graphics and networking technology, and most notably the emergence of the Extensible Markup Language XML , have heavily influenced the development of the International Organization for Standardization ISO approved, freely available, X3D open standard. X3D embodies best practices in commercial real time graphics within the widely adopted framework of the World Wide Web family of technologies and standards and has no intellectual property restrictions. It provides a system for the storage, retrieval and playback of real time graphics content embedded in applications, all within an open architecture to support a wide array of domains and user scenarios. Web3D applications have been active for some time. Previously known as the VRML Consortium, this community spearheaded the development of the VRML 1.0 and 2.0 specifications ... involved in this effort felt that the creation of an open consortium focused exclusively on Web3D ... community. Today, the Web3DConsortium is utilizing its broad based industry support to develop ... Xj3D , a Java programming language Java browser toolkit for X3D display Web3D WebGL External links http www.web3d.org Web3DConsortium http xml.coverpages.org vrml X3D.html VRML Virtual Reality Modeling Language and X3D vector graphics markup languages DEFAULTSORT Web3dConsortium Category Computer ... Category Virtual reality Computer stub es Web3DConsortium ... and across distributed networks and web services. Related to its educational mission, the Consortium ... more details
Web3D was initially the idea to fully display and navigate Web sites using 3D. By extension, the term now refers to all interactive 3D content which are embedded into web pages html , and that we can see through a web browser. Web3D Technologies usually require to install a Web 3D viewer Plug in computing plugin to see this kind of content. Nowadays many formats and tools are available 3DMLW Adobe Shockwave Burster Blender software Web Plugin Cult3D Java 3D JOGL LWJGL O3D ShiVa TurnTool Unity game engine Unity Virtools VRML Viewpoint Web3DConsortium WebGL WireFusion X3D extending VRML They are mainly distinguished by five criteria Simplicity Automatic Installation, rates facilities already high Compatibility Windows, Mac, Unix .. Quality Performances, see Frames per second , and indirectly display quality Interactivity Depending on the solutions, their programming opportunities, the creators of content have more or less freedom in the creation of interactivity. Standardization none, market position , by a standards organization , etc. See also List of vector graphics markup languages External links http lateralvisions.com Lateral Visions Lateral Visions Software Company 3D Web specialist and platform developers. http www.tdt3d.eu TDT3D European 3D Community specialized in computer graphics and real time 3D rendering updated regularly . http www.web3d fr.com WEB3D FR French Web 3D Community. http www.3dxo.com list 63 1.htm Catalog of Web3D software cite web title Bringing 3D to the Web url http www.news.com 2100 1023 844985.html author Paul Festa date 2002 02 26 publisher CNET Networks News.com CNET News http blog.vlad1.com canvas 3d Canvas3D vector graphics markup languages 3D virtual worlds Category 3D computer graphics Category Virtual reality de Web3D fr Web3D it Web 3D zh ... more details
about the type of voluntary association A consortium is an Voluntary association association of two or more individuals , companies , organizations or government s or any combination of these entities with the objective of participating in a common activity or pooling their resources for achieving a common goal. Consortium is a Latin word, meaning partnership , association or society and derives from consors partner , itself from con together and sors fate , meaning owner of means or comrade . Examples Educational The Committee on Institutional Cooperation and Five Colleges Massachusetts Five Colleges, Inc. , along with the Claremont Consortium are among of the oldest and most successful higher ... of a successful consortium is the Five Colleges of Ohio of Ohio Oberlin College , Ohio Wesleyan University ... as to link academic and administrative resources. An example of a non profit consortium is the Appalachian ... of a for profit consortium is a group of banks that collaborate to make a loan also known ... for a consortium to buy out financially struggling football clubs in order to keep them out of liquidation ... in the 1970s, initially was a consortium of BP , ARCO , ConocoPhillips , Exxon , Mobil , Unocal ... was formed in 1970 as a consortium of aerospace manufacturers. The retention of production and engineering ... both shareholders of, and subcontractors to, the consortium. The companies collaborated on development ... from cooperation and competition. It is used when companies otherwise competitors collaborate in a consortium .... For example, the GENIVI Alliance is a not for profit consortium between different car makers in order to ease building a in vehicle infotainment system. Another example is the World Wide Web Consortium World Wide Web Consortium W3C , which is a consortium that Standards organization standardizes ... da Konsortium de Konsortium es Consorcio eo Konsorcio fa fr Consortium ko id Konsorsium it Consorzio lt Konsorciumas nl Consortium organisatievorm ja no Konsortium pl Konsorcjum ... more details
A consortium is an association of two or more entities with the objective of participating in a common activity or pooling their resources for achieving a common goal. The term may also refer to Microbial consortium , a group of symbiotic microbes Loss of consortium , the deprivation of the benefits of a family relationship due to injuries caused by a tortfeasor disamb fr Consortium homonymie nl Consortium ... more details
The OpenReader Consortium is a nonprofit organization developing open digital publication standards. External links http www.openreader.org OpenReader Consortium Category Electronic publishing computer stub ... more details
Refimprove date September 2007 The Consortium Classicum is a Germany German Chamber Orchestra . In the early sixties the clarinetist Dieter Kl cker founded the Consortium Classicum, a German chamber music ensemble to bring back to life rediscovered musical works. These works use only wind instruments as well as the combination of woodwinds and strings, up to nine players. The members of the Ensemble are all soloists, professors from music academies and leaders from first class orchestras, who uphold the Ensemble s concept in a very individual and consistent manner. External links http consortium classicum.de en Consortium Classicum website Category German orchestras Category Chamber orchestras de Consortium Classicum ja ru Consortium Classicum ... more details
notability date January 2011 Infobox Company company name ATLAS Consortium company logo File ATLASC logo.svg ATLAS Consortium industry Information technology services products Computer Services homepage http www.atlasconsortium.info The ATLAS Consortium comprises five partner companies HP Enterprise Services , Fujitsu , EADS Defence and Security Systems and Logica . Each ATLAS partner has extensive experience of major technology implementation programmes in both the public and private sectors. The Consortium are tasked with developing Defence Information Infrastructure DII which is a secure military network for the United Kingdom s Ministry of Defence Ministry of Defence United Kingdom MoD . External links http www.atlasconsortium.info Atlas Consortium official website http www.eds.com about locations uk EDS prime contractor in the ATLAS consortium Category Companies established in 2005 Category Business services companies of the United Kingdom Category Multinational companies Category International information technology consulting firms ... more details
Image HyperTransport Logo reduced.png thumb right 275px HyperTransport Consortium logo The HyperTransport Consortium is an industry consortium responsible for specifying and promoting the computer bus technology called HyperTransport . Organizational Form The Technical Working Group along with several Task Forces manage the HyperTransport specification and drive new developments. A Marketing Working Group promotes the use of the technology and the consortium. History It was founded in 2001 by Advanced Micro Devices , Alliance Semiconductor , Apple Computer , Broadcom Corporation , Cisco Systems , NVIDIA , PMC Sierra , Sun Microsystems , and Transmeta . As of 2009 it has over 50 members. Executives As of 2009, Mike Uhler of AMD is the President of the Consortium, Mario Cavalli is the General Manager, Brian Holden of PMC Sierra is both the Vice President and the Chair of the Technical Working Group, Deepika Sarai is the Treasurer. External links http www.hypertransport.org HyperTransport Consortium web site http www.hypertransport.org default.cfm?page Technology Technology Page http www.hypertransport.org default.cfm?page HyperTransportSpecifications Link Technical Specifications http www.hypertransport.org default.cfm?page HyperTransportConnectorSpecifications HTX and DUT Connector Specifications http www.hypertransport.org default.cfm?page TechnologyWhitePapers White Papers Category Consortia ... more details
WIYN Consortium consists of the University of Wisconsin Madison W , Indiana University Bloomington Indiana University I , Yale University Y , and the National Optical Astronomy Observatories N . The consortium operates two telescope s of 3.5m and 0.9m diameters. The universities financed the construction of the WIYN Observatory at Kitt Peak National Observatory KPNO in 1994. In 2001, the WIYN Consortium took over control of the KPNO convert 36 in mm adj on telescope, built in 1960, and christen rechristened it as the WIYN 0.9m Telescope . This small but popular telescope was in danger of being mothball ed for budgetary reasons. External links http www.noao.edu wiyn WIYN Consortium official site astronomy stub sci org stub Category Astronomy institutes and departments ... more details
Refimprove date September 2008 The Contact Consortium is a California 501c 3 non profit corporation founded in 1995 by software architect Bruce Damer, anthropologist Jim Funaro, and science fiction writer Keith Ferrel to serve as a catalyst and forum for the emerging medium of multi user virtual world s and virtual communities in cyberspace. ref http www.ccon.org org org.html aboutus Contact Consortium website about us ref The Contact Consortium, sometimes known as CCon grew out of CONTACT Cultures of the Imagination, an organization dedicated to Anthropology for the future which holds the annual Contact Conference CONTACT conference . References Reflist External links http www.ccon.org Contact Consortium website http www.contact conference.com Contact Cultures of the Imagination website Category Non profit organizations based in California Category Virtual reality communities compu company stub ... more details
File Biometric Consortium logo.jpg thumb right Biometric Consortium logo The Biometric Consortium is a Federal government of the United States US government sponsored consortia created by the National Security Agency NSA and the National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST . It serves as the US government focal point for the research, development, testing, evaluation and application of Biometrics biometric based personal authentication technology. Both NSA and NIST co chair the BC. The main event of this consortium is the Biometric Consortium Conference , held every fall. History The Biometric Consortium met for the first time on October 1992 under the chairmanship of Dr. Benincasa. The objective of the Biometric Consortium is to provide a forum for information exchange on biometric technology among the Government, industry and academia. In 1994, Dr. Campbell and Ms. Alyea took over as chair and vice chair, respectively. The Biometric Consortium s charter was formally approved on December 7, 1995 by the Facilities Protection Committee, a committee that reports to the Security Policy Board through the Security Policy Forum. The Security Policy Board reports to the Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs . Mission The Biometric Consortium s charter states that the mission of the Biometric Consortium is to serve as a Government focal point for research, development, test, evaluation, and application of biometric based personal identification authentication technology. to encourage the use and acceptance of biometric technology in areas of critical need and also concern itself with maximizing performance, minimizing cost, and avoiding duplication of effort within the Government community. to coordinate technological concerns and issues of performance and efficiency within the Government in order to serve the best interests of the taxpayer. to meet regularly ... category http www.biometrics.org Biometric Consortium official website Category Biometrics Category ... more details
lowercase title iNavsat consortium The iNavsat consortium is a group of European companies that have come together to bid on a contract to run the Galileo positioning system once it becomes operational. The group consists of Thales Group Thales , EADS and Inmarsat . External links http news.bbc.co.uk 2 hi science nature 4085651.stm BBC article Europe presses ahead on sat nav http www.inavsat.com iNavSat web site science org stub Category Space non governmental organizations ... more details
The Gregorian Consortium is a collaborative association of three pontifical universities institutes in Rome . The motu proprio Quod maxime of Pope Pius XI , united in 1930 the Pontifical Gregorian University , the Pontifical Oriental Institute , and the Pontifical Biblical Institute into a University consortium. All three institutions belong to the Holy See and are entrusted to the Society of Jesus . Category Pontifical Universities edu org stub ... more details
The London Consortium is a graduate school in the UK offering multidisciplinary Masters and Doctoral programs in the humanities and cultural studies at the University of London . It is administered by Birkbeck, University of London , one of the constituent colleges of the University of London, and falls ... The London Consortium is a collaborative program composed of Birkbeck, the Architectural Association ..., and the Architectural Association. The Consortium s permanent and adjunct faculty include figures ... Anthony Julius . The Consortium PhD comprises a taught component. First year PhD students follow ... , Stoicism Fate, Chance and Uncertainty and Whiteness . Through courses like these, the Consortium ... Studies as the study of contemporary popular culture , the London Consortium has sought to develop ... disciplinary boundaries, the London Consortium prefers to describe its activities as multidisciplinary .... The Consortium was founded in 1993 by the late social philosopher Paul Hirst 1947 2003 , Cousins, Humphreys, and MacCabe. Until 1999, the British Film Institute was part of the Consortium. After ... , it was replaced by the Institute of Contemporary Arts http www.ica.org.uk The London Consortium 97.twl ... London Consortium http www.bbk.ac.uk Birkbeck, University of London http www.aaschool.ac.uk ... research tateresearch partnerships londonconsortium.htm Tate page on the London Consortium http ... The London Consortium 97.twl ICA page on the London Consortium http www.bbk.ac.uk qa programme schools london consortium Birkbeck College Academic Quality Assurance document for the London Consortium graduate programs http www.opendemocracy.net node 1360 Article by Mark Cousins on Paul Hirst and the London Consortium http www.npc.org.uk page 862441200 Article on the early years of The London Consortium References Critical Quarterly 42, no. 2 Summer 2000 , special issue on the London Consortium, Blackwell Publishers www.blackwellpublishing.com CRIQ Birkbeck, University of London Category ... more details
The P le d Extension Universitaire Euclide or Euclid Consortium is a distance learning or on line educational consortium created in 2005 by the University of Bangui Central African Republic , the Universit Libre Internationale Belgium , and the International Organization for Sustainable Development . The original name was Euclid University Consortium but the structure was renamed in December 2008 in order to avoid confusion with EUCLID Euclid University which is an intergovernmental university framework established in 2008 and a member school of the consortium. ref http www.euclid.int legal.asp ref History, Membership and Programs The Euclid initiative began in June 2004 as a cooperative project ... Djamena UNDT, Chad , became a full member of the consortium in May 2006, adding the institutional recognition ... its intention to participate in the consortium and confirmed the same in 2008. The Consortium organizes ... both European Union and United States guidelines. Structure and Organization The consortium ... University and the academic units will be absorbed in EUCLID. The Euclid Consortium is headed by a High ... Consortium Members but not joint degree granters Accreditation process and Institutional Evolution ... the unintentional impression that the extension consortium was meant to be a free standing, degree ... Consortium to emphasize the fact that Euclid was originally designed as a consortium, not a free ... to Euclid Consortium. Because the international directory of UNESCO does not list inter institutional ... of the Republic of Chad under the entry for the University of N Djamena. Hence, the Consortium s recognition ... granters, since the consortium itself has no direct degree granting authority. In December 2006, IOSD ... and applicable accreditations. In 2008, the need for the consortium to obtain an autonomous ... indicated that EUCLID would also become a member of the Euclid University Consortium which remains an active partnership. References reflist External links http www.euclidconsortium.org The Consortium ... more details
Infobox Non profit Non profit name Malaria Consortium Non profit logo File M consortium.jpg area served Africa , Asia operates in 33 countries focus Health homepage http www.malariaconsortium.org Malaria Consortium is an international non profit organisation dedicated to controlling malaria and other communicable diseases in Africa and Asia. It lists prevention, treatment, operational research, strengthening capacity and advocacy as areas of expertise. ref name malariaconsortium.org www.malariaconsortium.org ref The Malaria Consortium began as a research consortium within the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and was originally funded solely by the UK Department for International Development DFID , the Overseas Development Administration before 1997 . The organisation became an independent charity in 2003, ref name experian cite web title MALARIA CONSORTIUM Company Report url http www.alacrastore.com storecontent experian 04785712 ref formally inaugurated in February 2004 by Valerie Amos, Baroness Amos Baroness Amos , Leader of the House of Lords . ref name Africa Intelligence Wire cite news url http www.accessmylibrary.com coms2 summary 0286 20255724 ITM title Malaria Control Body Launched in London format work Asia Africa Intelligence Wire New Vision date February 5 ... malariaconsortium.org Over 95 of Malaria Consortium s staff are located in Africa and Asia, collaborating ... Kingdom Malaria Consortium International , Uganda Malaria Consortium Africa , Thailand Malaria Consortium Asia , Mozambique , Sudan , Zambia , Nigeria and Ethiopia . Areas of expertise Malaria Consortium s work concentrates on five health areas Malaria treatment, diagnostics and mosquito ... in funding to Malaria Consortium and the Global Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria as part ... cite journal title The Malaria Consortium Converting Expertise and Partnerships into Operational Realities ... doi 10.1016 S0169 4758 98 01237 X External links http www.malariaconsortium.org Malaria Consortium ... more details
The Northeast Consortium is a group of high schools in northeast Montgomery County, Maryland , composed of James Hubert Blake High School , Paint Branch High School and Springbrook High School . Each school in the consortium is part of a signature program , that established specialized programs at each of the schools. Blake High School s signature program is Fine Arts and Humanities, while Springbrook s program focuses on Information Technology in a Global Society and International Baccalaureate . Paint Branch High School s signature program is Science and Media. ref cite web url http www.mcps.k12.md.us schools NEC title Northeast Consortium NEC publisher Montgomery County Public Schools accessdate 2006 04 12 ref The program was established in 1998, coinciding with the opening of Blake High School. With the program, students can opt out of attending their local high school and choose one of the other schools. References reflist Category Public schools in Montgomery County, Maryland Montgomery County Public Schools ... more details
The Quaker Consortium is an arrangement between three liberal arts colleges, Bryn Mawr College , Haverford College , Swarthmore College , and one research university, the University of Pennsylvania , in the greater Philadelphia area. The arrangement allows for their students to enroll in courses at the other schools of the Consortium. The name stems from the historic influence of Quakers in the Philadelphia region and in the founding and administration of the Consortium s member schools. The three liberal arts colleges facilitate transportation between their respective campuses with free shuttle services. No such service is offered between the liberal arts colleges and Penn. Students wishing to get to Penn must drive or take the SEPTA Paoli Thorndale Line or Media Elwyn Line trains to Philadelphia. Some programs at the liberal arts colleges subsidize these SEPTA fares. More information http www.college.upenn.edu curriculum quaker consortium.html Information on Quaker Consortium for Penn students http www.brynmawr.edu transportation Information on Tri Co transportation http www.trico.haverford.edu cgi bin courseguide cgi bin search.cgi Shared course directory for Haverford, Bryn Mawr, and Swarthmore http www.upenn.edu registrar Course directory for Penn coord missing Pennsylvania Category Universities and colleges in Pennsylvania Category Universities and colleges affiliated with the Religious Society of Friends ... more details
AMICE Consortium was a European organization of major companies, including users, vendors, consulting companies, and academia, from 1985 to 1995, ref name Nia07 Qianfu Nia et al. 2006 . Business information modeling for process integration in the mold making industry . In Robotics and Computer Integrated Manufacturing , Volume 23, Issue 2, April 2007, pp. 195 207. ref concerned with Computer Integrated Manufacturing CIM . It was initiated as the ESPRIT project AMICE and was instrumental in the development of CIMOSA Computer Integrated Manufacturing Open Systems Architecture CIMOSA . Publications The AMICE Consortium has published several books and papers. A selection 1989. Open System Architecture for CIM, Research Report of ESPRIT Project 688 , Vol. 1, Springer Verlag. 1991. Open System Architecture, CIMOSA, AD 1.0, Architecture Description , ESPRIT Consortium AMICE, Brussels, Belgium. 1992. ESPRIT Project 5288, Milestone M 2, AD2.0, 2, Architecture description,document RO443 1 . Consortium AMICE, Brussels, Belgium. 1993. CIMOSA open system architecture for CIM , Springer, 1993. References reflist Category Enterprise modelling Category Industrial computing ... more details
A microbial consortium is two or more microbial group s living Symbiosis symbiotically . ref Clark, D.P., Dunlap, P.V., Madigan, M.T., Martinko, J.M. Brock, Biology of Microorganisms . San Francisco Pearson 2009. p. 485. ref Notes reflist Category Microorganisms Category Microbiology biology stub ... more details
The UNIFAC Consortium has been founded at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg at the chair of industrial chemistry of Prof. J rgen Gmehling Gmehling to invite private companies to support the further development of the group contribution method s UNIFAC and its successor modified UNIFAC Dortmund . Both models are used for the prediction of thermodynamic properties, especially the estimation of phase equilibria. The UNIFAC consortium is a successful example of private sponsorship of a public university in Germany. History The consortium was founded in 1997 when the public financing of the further development of the models became unlikely. The models UNIFAC and mod. UNIFAC Dortmund have already been used widely in software for the process simulation simulation and synthesis of chemical processes. Many companies doing process development in the field of chemical engineering had announced their support for a new way to subsidize the further development. This is facilitated through the support of over 40 companies, and is particularly aided by the DDBST GmbH, which supplies the complete Dortmund Data Bank DDB and several software tools for free. The DDB, a factual data bank for Thermodynamics thermodynamic data, especially phase equilibrium data, is the main source for the work of the consortium. Objectives The normal work of the consortium includes the creation of new and the improvement of older model parameters the measurement of experimental data partly own work, partly given to contractors holding annual member meetings The consortium has e. g. added or modified 404 ... published parameters Image UNIFAC Parameter Matrix Consortium 2008.PNG UNIFAC consortium parameters September 2008 Image UNIFAC Parameter Matrix New or Changed in Consortium 2008.PNG In the UNIFAC consortium ... for consortium members only The model parameters are confidential and only accessible to consortium ... publish the model parameters. Supported models The UNIFAC consortium supports the development of three ... more details
Unreferenced stub auto yes date December 2009 The Deeside Consortium is a local arrangement in Flintshire , North Wales between four schools John Summers High School John Summers High Connah s Quay High School Connah s Quay High in Connah s Quay St David s High in Saltney Flint High in Flint The consortium exists to share Sixth form 6th form education between the three schools and the college. The schools are too small to provide good education in all the Advanced Level UK A level courses on offer, so each school specialises. Category Schools in Flintshire Wales school stub ... more details
The Unicode Consortium Unicode Inc. is a non profit organization that coordinates the development of the Unicode standard. Its stated goal is to eventually replace existing character encoding schemes with Unicode and its standard Unicode Transformation Format UTF schemes, claiming that many of the existing schemes are limited in size and scope, and are incompatible with multilingualism multilingual environments. Unicode s success at unifying character sets has led to its widespread use in the internationalization and localization of computer software . The standard has been implemented in many recent technologies, including XML , the Java programming language Java programming language , and modern operating system s. The organization was founded to develop, extend, and promote the use of the Unicode Standard. It cooperates with many Standards organization standards development organizations , including ISO IEC JTC1, W3C , IETF , and ECMA . Publications cite book title The Unicode Standard, Version 5.0 origdate url format accessdate 2006 08 22 edition 5th edition series volume year 2006 month October publisher Addison Wesley location isbn 978 0 321 48091 0 oclc doi id pages chapter chapterurl quote ref cite book title The Unicode Standard, Version 4.0 origdate url format accessdate 2006 08 22 edition series volume year 2003 month August publisher Addison Wesley location isbn 978 0 321 18578 5 oclc doi id pages chapter chapterurl quote ref See also wikibooks Unicode Character reference Comparison of Unicode encodings Free software Unicode fonts Mapping of Unicode characters Universal Character Set External links http www.unicode.org The Unicode Consortium Unicode navigation Category Unicode Category Standards organizations ar de Unicode Konsortium fr Consortium Unicode ml nl Unicode Consortium ja pt Unicode Consortium tr Unicode Consortium zh ... more details
Tort law Loss of consortium is a term used in the law of torts that refers to the deprivation of the benefits of a family relationship due to injuries caused by a tortfeasor . Loss of consortium is not a historical tort under English law English common law but arrived via statute as Fatal Accidents Act 1846 Lord Campbell s Act 9 and 10 Vic. c. 93 . Without a common basis its application differs drastically among other common law jurisdiction s and does not exist at all in several of them. It is often cause for damages compensatory damages to be awarded. The action was originally paired in a Latin expression per quod servitium et consortium amisit , translated as in consequence of which he lost her society and services . The relationship between husband and wife has, historically, been considered worthy of legal protection. The interest being protected under consortium, is that which the head ..., on the grounds that the father had lost the consortium of his daughter s household services because she was spending time with her beau. Loss of consortium has been brought into the law as a cause of action ... or into the common law by action of justices. Other jurisdictions view loss of consortium as an element ... death statute, loss of consortium is an element of damages ref 7 Wn. App. 309, 788 P.2d 1, Long v Dugan ref . While some jurisdictions only recognize spousal consortium usually considered as sex others recognize parental consortium love and affection as well allowing children to recover for the death ..., Lord Ellenborough made the much disputed, and unsupported, statement that an action for loss of consortium .... Similarly, consortium will not lie where the husband and wife s marital bond has been severed by divorce Parker v Dzundza 1979 Qd R 55 . The common law rule of consortium has been amended or abolished by statute in many jurisdictions. Actions for loss of consortium have been abolished in England ... and New Zealand, by the Administration of Justice Act 1982 UK s 2, the Law Reform Marital Consortium ... more details
The GamePC Consortium was an ad hoc PC industry standards organization in the mid 1990s. It was founded through the joint efforts of ATI Technologies ATI s Ken Nicholson and Diamond Multimedia s Glenn Coffman . The two competing companies shared a common interest in the evolution of PC games and agreed that the PC graphics industry was limited by a lack of standards. At that time, the vast majority of games for PCs were written for MSDOS and had no standardized way to access expanded memory, accelerated graphics or digital audio capabilities. Based on the notion of a rising tide lifts all boats the two companies established the GamePC Consortium as a way for PC hardware manufacturers and PC game software publishers to combine their efforts to establish game API standards that would enable PCs to compete with successful console game systems such as the Sega Genesis. The GamePC Consortium s member companies included 80 of the leading entertainment hardware and software PC companies of the time, including Intel, nVidia, Rendition, Sigma Designs, ATI, Diamond Multimedia, S3 Graphics , Trident, Cirrus Logic, Rendermorphics and Lucas Arts. Microsoft, most notably, refused to recognize the GamePC Consortium though Alex St. John , Microsoft s first game evangelist, spoke at several of the meetings ref Taylor, P What is the history of DirectX? , DirectXdev mailing list, http www.toymaker.info Games html directx q a.html DirectX Questions &Answers ref . One of the consortium s early efforts resulted in establishing a 2D graphics manifesto that called for the creation of a Windows graphics ... 2D Sprite computer graphics The consortium expressed its intent to create such an industry ... Consortium was significant in being one of the early examples of an industry consortium influencing ... Consortium disbanded when it became clear that Microsoft had begun to undertake the architectural ... Report , November 8, 1994. DEFAULTSORT Gamepc Consortium Category History of video games Category Standards ... more details
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