3DO
<company, games, standard> A set of specifications created and owned by the 3DO company, which is a partnership of seven different companies. These specs are the blueprint for making a 3DO Interactive Multiplayer and are licensed to hardware and software producers. A 3DO system has an ARM60 32-bit RISC CPU and a graphics engine based around two custom designed graphics and animation processors. It has 2 Megabytes of DRAM, 1 Megabyte of VRAM, and a double speed CD-ROM drive for main storage. The Panasonic 3DO system can run 3DO Interactive software, play audio CDs (including support for CD+G), view Photo-CDs, and will eventually be able to play Video CDs with a special add-on MPEG1 full-motion video cartridge. Up to 8 controllers can be daisy-chained on the system at once. A keyboard, mouse, light gun, and other peripherals may also some day be hooked into the system, although they are not currently available (December 1993). The 3DO can display full-motion video, fully texture mapped 3d landscapes, all in 24-bit colour. Sanyo and AT&T will also release 3DO systems. Sanyo's in mid 1994 and AT&T in late 1994. There will be a 3DO add-on cartridge based on the PowerPC to enable the 3DO to compete with Sony's Playstation console and Sega's Saturn console, both of which have a higher specification than the original 3DO. The add-on is commonly known as the M2 or Bulldog. It should hit the shops by Christmas 1995 and will (allegedly) do a million flat shaded polygons per second. 3DO Home. Usenet newsgroup: news:rec.games.video.3do. (1994-12-13) | ||||
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3DO Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
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3DO
A technology that supports photo-realistic graphics, full-motion video, and CD-quality sound. The first applications of this technology were stand-alone devices used for playing games, but the technology is beginning to find its way into PCs in the form of expansion boards.
A technology that supports photo-realistic graphics, full-motion video, and CD-quality sound. The first applications of this technology were stand-alone devices used for playing games, but the technology is beginning to find its way into PCs in the form of expansion boards.
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3DO
3Do, console.
3Do, console.
3DO Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
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3do
a set of specifications created and owned by the 3do company, which is a partnership of seven different companies. these specs are the blueprint for making a 3do interactive multiplayer and are licensed to hardware and software producers.
3do
a set of specifications created and owned by the 3do company, which is a partnership of seven different companies. these specs are the blueprint for making a 3do interactive multiplayer and are licensed to hardware and software producers.
3DO Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
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3DO Company (The)
Exchange: Nasdaq
Holding company with subsidiaries which develop, publish and market interactive entertainment products for multiple computer platforms; And design and license hardware technologies for the 64-bit consumer and pc markets.
3DO Company (The)
Exchange: Nasdaq
Holding company with subsidiaries which develop, publish and market interactive entertainment products for multiple computer platforms; And design and license hardware technologies for the 64-bit consumer and pc markets.
3DO Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
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The 3DO Company
- This article is about the company. For the video game console they released, see 3DO Interactive Multiplayer
The 3DO Company (formerly THDO on the NASDAQ stock exchange), also known as 3DO, was a video game console developer and third-party game developer. It was founded in 1991 under the name SMSG, Inc. (for San Mateo Software Games) by Electronic Arts co-founder Trip Hawkins in a partnership with seven other companies, including Matsushita, AT&T, MCA, Time Warner, and Electronic Arts.
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