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Web3D Symposium February in Germany
(Paderborn, Feb. 19-22)

The Web3D Consortium and SIGGRAPH are jointly sponsoring the annual Web3D Symposium in Paderborn, Germany, 19-22 February, 2001. It will include tutorials, panels, peer-reviewed papers, a trade show, a "German Day" seminar day, a "Commercial Track" seminar day, and the Web3D Roundup.

The objective this year is to make the symposium relevant not only to academics but also to individuals, groups and companies and who have more interest in the business aspects of 3D graphics for the Internet. The consortium is hoping to have several big players presenting at the Commercial Track seminar. So far Sony has committed, and they're working on several more.

www.c-lab.de/Web3d2001

Hardware
* Sony Approves Conexant Modem Tech for PS2
* Sega Ships Dreamcast Broadband Adapter

Software
* Maya 3 to Ship for Mac OS X
* Mac OS X to Ship March 24
* MultiGen-Paradigm Updates Vega, MultiGen Creator
* RemoteReality, IBM Team to Add Effects to Immersive Images
* Caligari Ships trueSpace 5
* Breeze Factor Updates XML Studio

Finance
* S3 Sells Graphics Business and Changes its Name
* Interplay Returns to Operating Profits in Third Quarter

Calendar
* Web3D 2001 Conference Feb. 19-22 in Paderborn, Germany
* USC Series: Creating for Convergence/Designing for Divergence