[Uni-verse] Meeting

[Peter Becker, II]

Wow! A long way from the Verse start back in '99!

/Peter

eskil at obsession.se wrote:

> Hi
>
> I'm afraid i will miss the later part of tomorrows PPC meeting 
> because  i have a doctors appointment (nothing serious).
>
> I just got of the phone with Remi Arnaud at Sony Computer  
> entertainment and he would really like us/me to attend GDC. Here I  
> what he has proposed: we will get a place at Khronos Booth where we  
> together with Collada will show the usage of verse and Collada for  
> game development. Also we get a time slot on the main Khronos stage   
> to give an hour of demonstration. This how ever would probably cost 
> us  500 USD. We would get access to Sonys Private room for Private  
> meetings and the plan would be to have a number of prearranged  
> meetings with developers there. Sony would help us make the  
> appointments. Remi would also talk to Khronos to try to get me a free  
> exhibitors pass.
>
> Beyond this I would come a little early and stay a bit late in order  
> to be able to have an opportunity to prepare for the show and also  
> have some strategic meetings. We will spend this time making sure our  
> tools will run with the PS3.
>
> I have also talked to EA who have invited me to come and speak and  
> spend some time in Vancouver where their main technology centers are  
> located. I'm now In contact with the head of technology at EA. As it  
> turns out I have a friend living in Vancouver, so all I would need  
> extra is a ticket from SF to Vancouver. This leg of the trip i could  
> therefor fund myself. EA is very interested in using our technology.
>
> I think this is a very nice opportunity that would be very cost  
> effective (it would probably land on less then 2500 Euros). As you 
> can  imagine strong contacts with both Sony, Khronos, and EA would  
> strengthen our dissemination significantly.
>
> Regards
>
> E
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