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Join us at the
3D Home Pre-Consortium Meeting

We would like to invite all interested parties to attend a meeting to discuss the need for, and the potential activities of, a 3D Home Consortium.  The meeting will be hosted and organized by Insight Media and the US Display Consortium and will be used to describe the structure and mission of the proposed consortium, to hear from key supporters, and to solicit input for other players in the industry.

Preliminary mission statement:

The 3D Home Consortium is an industry-led organization dedicated to bringing stereoscopic 3D products, content and services into consumer's homes.  Its purpose is to:

• Champion stereoscopic 3D technology for consumer applications from the theater to the home
• Educate and train industry personnel in best of class 3D techniques and methods
• Promote 3D adoption via conferences, exhibits, road shows, webinars, training and marketing
• Interface with relevant standards bodies and keep members updated
• Provide market research, user surveys, news and other competitive intelligence
• Provide a forum to enhance communication and speed commercialization and adoption of 3D hardware, software and content.

Basic Consortium Activities:

• Quarterly meetings, updates
• Website to promote technology, news, member products
• Conferences & Exhibitions
• Professionally staged and managed worldwide
• Training, Education, Certification
• "To provide a great consumer experience"
• Promotion & Marketing
• Business Intelligence 

 Membership dues will be tiered to encourage many companies to be able to participate.

 Preliminary meeting agenda:

• Explanation of proposed 3D Home Consortium mission and activities (IM/USDC)
• The market opportunity and hurdles (IM)
• The needs of Hollywood
  • Sony Dreamworks - Buzz Hayes
• The needs of TV makers
  • Mitsubishi - David Naranjo
  • Sony - Pete Lude
• The needs of gamers

• Professional 3D
• Hardware/Software needs
  • DDD - Chris Yewdall
  • Sensio - Nicholas Rothier
  • Philips - Eric Funke
• The need for standards
• Discussion of mission statement
• Discussion of consortium structure
• Discussion of membership features and benefits
• Discussion of next steps
• Adjourn

RSVP to:              US Display Consortium
                            Heidi Hoffman
                            heidi@usdc.org
                            (408) 993-8111

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