Article: HP Joins Virtual-Reality Industry Consortium; Real-world Problem-solving Focus Ties Virtual-reality Technology Research into the Industry.

PALO ALTO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 7, 1995--Demonstrating its commitment to accelerating the advancement of the emerging virtual-reality market, Hewlett-Packard Company today announced that it has joined the Virtual Worlds Consortium (VWC), a leading industry consortium addressing virtual-reality technology.

HP, the largest provider of UNIX(R) system-based computers to join the VWC, will work with other VWC members to help productize virtual-reality solutions for use in real-world customer applications. HP's high-performance graphics workstations enable real-time fly-throughs and simulations, which are used in virtual-reality applications to analyze, understand ...

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