Membership in the Consortium
The Web3D Consortium is a member-funded industry consortium committed to the creation and deployment of open, royalty-free standards that enable the communication of real-time 3D across applications, networks, and XML web services. The Consortium works closely with the ISO, MPEG and W3C standardization bodies to maximize market opportunities for its membership. All Consortium members are empowered to participate in Consortium Working Groups to contribute to Consortium specifications before public deployment - and are able to network with some of the leading experts in Web3D technology to accelerate the delivery of their cutting-edge 3D platforms and applications.
To encourage broad industry involvement, the Web3D Consortium has enabled open membership at all levels so that any individual, academic institution, organization, or company may join to participate in further development of the X3D, X3D-CDF, X3D_Med, H-Anim, XMSF and other specifications. If your company specifies, develops, or markets any products that use, generate or display 3D media, we encourage you to join as member.
Web3D Consortium Members pay an annual fee to cover the group's technology development goals and operating costs. The fee structure is tiered and offers various levels of participation and voting.
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Membership Information
- Review the benefits of joining at a particular participation level.
- Submit an application to join as a new member or renew your current membership.
- If your company is currently a Directing or Organizational Level Web3D Consortium Member, you can sign up for a username and password today.
- Download the Web3D Consortium Process Summary and Guidelines. (68 KB PDF)
- Download and review the Member Agreement, Intellectual Property Rights Policy (attachment A) and By-Laws (attachment B). (518KB pdf)
- Download and review the Policy on Intellectual Property Rights of the Member Agreement. (176KB pdf)
- View the current list of Directing & Organizational Members.
- View the current list of Professional & Student Members
Web3D Consortium Policies
- For information about our Charter and Processes, download and review the Web3D Consortium Process Summary and Guidelines. (68 KB PDF)
- For information about our Participation Framework, download and review the Web3D Consortium Participation Framework. (48 KB PDF)
- For information about the Web3D Consortium's By-Laws and Policy on Intellectual Property Rights, please review the Member Agreement. (124KB pdf).