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The minds
The minds at mantiCORE Labs have their roots in many different, yet related, industries and markets in the wide area of Computer Generated Images, Visual Effects, Broadcast and Digital Content Creation.

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The muscles
Our virtual muscles are trained to the equivalent of top athletes, both physical and mental. Our resources offers us the practical strength and stamina to support our research and development efforts.

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The history
The head of a man, often with horns, the body of a lion, and the tail of a dragon or scorpion.

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Is .NET the future of 3D ?
In this article our CTO, Stefan Didak, will be looking at what the .NET architecture can mean to 3D application development. It is intended as a look towards a possible future.

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mantiCORE FAQ
The mantiCORE FAQ presents a selection of answers regarding our core foundation architecture, its use, purpose, and design.

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Lab technical details
Discover more about our revolutionary nucleus of research and development at mantiCORE Labs.

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If you need the best
Are you a visual effects, computer animation and graphics, audio-visual, or post-production facility with specific needs and requirements for the development of proprietary solutions and tools? Do you have on-site staff that develops the tools but are understaffed or require expert assistance?

If you are a company using digital content and media such as images, 2D and 3D animation, video and audio and if you need the best services in the industry you can rest assured that mantiCORE Labs is the appropriate group to turn to for cost-effective solutions. The range of R&D services we offer caters to highly focused problem solving as well as broader and more general service oriented research and development projects.

The array of base platform technologies developed at mantiCORE Labs are often deployed and used extensively as part of our service offerings to ensure that you get the best possible service. If you have any questions or specifics to discuss or need a price quote for a project, please contact one of our representatives.

PRIVACY INFORMATION

In general, people may visit the Site while remaining anonymous and not reveal any personal information. mantiCORE Labs uses "cookie " technology to obtain non-personal information from its on-line visitors, such as to keep track of where you are in the Site in order to provide any applicable customization options when you enter a particular Site section, to allow you to use features or services that you decide to select, or to keep track of usage of links provided on the Site. mantiCORE Labs does not, however, use cookies to collect personally identifiable information about you. You may be required by certain portions of the Site to provide certain personal information, such as your name, address, and e-mail. For example, you may be required to provide that information when registering a product online, or when registering for a user account to participate in certain portions of the Site. mantiCORE Labs uses that information to contact you with information relevant to the reasons for which it was submitted. For example, if the information was submitted as part of product registration, mantiCORE Labs may use your information to record your ownership of the product and to contact you with information relevant to the product you registered, such as maintenance information, updates, or new product releases. mantiCORE Labs does not, without your permission, distribute to third parties information you have submitted to this Site that identifies you personally. If such a disclosure should inadvertently occur, mantiCORE Labs will use reasonable efforts to limit and remedy the disclosure, but will accept no liability for such disclosure. Some portions of the Site may permit you to publicly post certain information that may identify you. If you decide to use those portions of the Site and post information about yourself, the information you post is, of course, public. mantiCORE Labs intends to cooperate with any order or request from law enforcement officials or a court of competent jurisdiction for information as to the identity individuals submitting or posting information to mantiCORE Labs or on the Site. You will typically be able provided a means to change the information you submit to mantiCORE Labs, either at the portion of the Site where you first provided it, or by contacting mantiCORE Labs.

PRIVACY INFORMATION, NOTICE FOR EUROPE

Please note that the information you enter on this Site or otherwise provide to mantiCORE Labs will be transferred outside of the European Economic Area, for purposes of processing, by mantiCORE Labs, or its subsidiaries or affiliates located worldwide, in elsewhere. order to provide this Site and its services to you. You are advised that the United States uses a sectoral model of privacy protection that relies on a mix of legislation, governmental regulation, and self-regulation. You are further advised that the Council of the European Union has found that this model does not provide "adequate" privacy protections as contemplated by Article 25 of the European Union's Data Directive. (Directive 95/46/EC, 1995 O.J. (L 281) 31) Article 26 of the European Union's Data Directive allows for transfer of personal data from the European Union to a third country if the individual has unambiguously given his consent to the transfer of personal information, regardless of the third country's level of protection. By providing information to this Site or otherwise using this Site, you consent to this transfer.the transfer of all such information to the United States and the processing of that information by mantiCORE Labs in the manner described above. IF YOU DO NOT CONSENT TO THIS TRANSFER, PLEASE DO NOT USE THIS SITE.

DELETION AND DENIED ACCESS

Failure to adhere to any of these Terms may result in messages and/or Posted Information being blocked, deleted from the Site and possible denial of access. mantiCORE Labs also reserves the right to take any actions it deems necessary or appropriate to protect the Site and its content.

LINKS TO THIRD PARTY SITES

Any links to third party sites are provided solely for your convenience. Such sites are not under the control of mantiCORE Labs, and mantiCORE Labs is not responsible for their content, any changes or updates to them, or the collection of any information by the operators of such sites.

INTERNATIONAL CONTENT

The Site may provide access to international data about mantiCORE Labs, its suppliers or licensors, or other third parties, and therefore, may contain references or cross references to products, programs, and services that are not available in your country. Such references do not imply that mantiCORE Labs, its suppliers or licensors, or other third parties intend to make available such products, programs or services in your country.

FRAMING AND LINKING THE SITE

You are permitted to view the Site only in its full presentation form and are prohibited from "framing" the Site. You may link to the Site only by linking to the home page located at manticorelabs.com. You are prohibited from "deep linking" to any other pages in a manner to bypass the home page.

INFORMATION AND SOFTWARE ON THE SITE

Generally speaking, all information or materials contained on the Site (including but not limited to all graphics, images, video clips, audio, video, images, or other types of content) ("Site Information") is the property of mantiCORE Labs and/or its suppliers or licensors. Unless otherwise noted in a particular document, mantiCORE Labs hereby authorizes you to electronically copy or print in hard copy any document published by mantiCORE Labs on the Site solely for your internal reference purposes within your organization. In consideration of and as a condition to this authorization, you agree that all such copies shall retain all copyright and other proprietary notices contained therein. Any other use of information provided by mantiCORE Labs without prior written approval from mantiCORE Labs or the appropriate supplier or licensor is strictly prohibited. Certain documents published on the Site may contain other restrictions, proprietary notices and/or copyright information relating to that individual document, including but not limited to notices that limit or prohibit your ability to make copies of that document. Please review all additional notices before making any copies. Nothing contained in these Terms shall be construed as conferring by implication, estoppel or otherwise any license or right under any patent, copyright or trademark of mantiCORE Labs, its suppliers or licensors, or any other third party. Any software available to download from the Site is the copyrighted work of mantiCORE Labs and/or its suppliers or licensors. Use of such software is governed by the terms of any end user license agreement that accompanies or is included with the software ("License Agreement"). Copying the software to any other location for further reproduction or redistribution is expressly prohibited, unless otherwise permitted by the terms of the License Agreement. mantiCORE Labs reserves the right to modify, revise or discontinue the Site, or any features, functionality or services provided as part of or in connection with the Site, without prior notice. EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE EXPRESSLY PROVIDED IN THE SITE, you may not distribute, exchange, modify, sell or transmit anything you copy from the Site. UNAUTHORIZED USE OF THE MATERIALS OR INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN MAY CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF APPLICABLE CRIMINAL OR CIVIL LAWS, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO COPYRIGHT, TRADEMARK, OR OTHER INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHT LAWS.

GENERAL TERMS

These Terms are governed by international laws. The failure of mantiCORE Labs to enforce any provision or right of these Terms will not constitute a waiver of such provision or right. These Terms constitute the entire agreement between the parties with respect to the subject matter hereof and supersedes and replaces all prior or contemporaneous understandings or agreements, written or oral, regarding such subject matter. If for any reason a court of competent jurisdiction finds any provision or portion of these Terms to be unenforceable, the remainder of these Terms will continue in full force and effect.

TERMS

mantiCORE Labs ("mantiCORE Labs") provides this Web site (the "Site") as a service to its customers and other members of the media industry. By using the Site, you agree to be bound by these Terms. IF YOU DO NOT AGREE TO THESE Terms, DO NOT USE THE SITE. mantiCORE Labs may change these Terms from time to time, at mantiCORE Labs?? sole discretion. Your continued use of the Site following the posting of such changes will constitute your assent to all such changes. Please periodically visit this section of the Site to review the current version of these Terms. These Terms apply to the manticorelabs.com Web site. mantiCORE Labs also operates other Web sites which may be subject to their own terms. Please review those Web sites for their applicable Terms.

POSTED INFORMATION, FEEDBACK

If you transmit to or otherwise provide to mantiCORE Labs any feedback (such as questions, comments, suggestions, or the like) or data or materials ("Feedback"), such Feedback shall be deemed to be non-confidential and non-proprietary. mantiCORE Labs shall have no obligation of any kind with respect to such Feedback and shall be free to reproduce, use, disclose, modify, display and distribute the Feedback to others without limitation. By transmitting such Feedback to mantiCORE Labs, you are deemed to grant to mantiCORE Labs a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free, irrevocable, non-exclusive license (with rights to sublicense) to use any ideas, concepts, know-how or techniques contained in such Feedback for any purpose whatsoever, including but not limited to developing, manufacturing and marketing products incorporating such User Feedback.

POSTED INFORMATION, BY USERS

From time to time, mantiCORE Labs may provide certain portions of the Site to permit users to transmit or post communications, including discussion groups, bulletin boards, chat rooms, and user forums. ("Posted Information"). Those special sections are provided by mantiCORE Labs with the intent of making Posted Information publicly available, and may be subject to additional terms and conditions as noted in those sections. mantiCORE Labs may, but is not obligated to, review or monitor areas on the Site where users transmit or post communications, or Posted Information itself. mantiCORE Labs is not responsible for the accuracy of any Posted Information, including but not limited to information, data, opinions, advice, or statements transmitted or posted in discussion groups, bulletin boards, chat rooms, and user forums. By using these services and posting or transmitting to mantiCORE Labs for posting such Posted Information, you thereby acknowledge and agree that all Posted Information is publicly available to any viewer of the Site. You further acknowledge and agree that mantiCORE Labs shall have no responsibility, liability, or obligation to you with regard to the Posted Information, its protection, its use or misuse in anyway whatsoever by any entity, including but not limited to mantiCORE Labs itself. You are prohibited from transmitting to the Site any unsolicited chain letters or "spam", or any threatening, harassing, libelous, false, defamatory, offensive, obscene, or pornographic material, or other material that would violate any applicable law or regulation. However, if such communications do occur, mantiCORE Labs will have no liability related to the content of any such communications. You are also prohibited from impersonating any individual in any Posted Information. By providing information to mantiCORE Labs, you are warranting to mantiCORE Labs that you are who you say you are, that you have all rights necessary to provide that information to mantiCORE Labs, and that the information you provide to mantiCORE Labs is true and accurate. You may not post or transmit to the Site any advertising, surveys, promotional materials, contests, or any other commercial or non-commercial solicitations.

POSTED INFORMATION, LICENSE

By submitting the Posted Information for publication on the Site, you grant to mantiCORE Labs, and its subsidiaries and affiliates, a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free, irrevocable, sublicenceable, non-exclusive right to use, reproduce, display, modify, create derivative works, and distribute, (in any format whatsoever) the Posted Information for any purpose related to the Site. You also hereby authorize any third party who lawfully accesses the Posted Information via the Site to make an electronic copy or print in hard copy the Posted Information, or portion thereof, solely for such third party??s internal reference purposes within such third party??s organization. If your Posted Information includes links to internet sites ("Posted Links"), you are deemed, to the extent you are able, to grant to mantiCORE Labs a worldwide, royalty-free, sublicenceable, non-exclusive right to display Posted Links for so long as the Posted Information is available on the Site. mantiCORE Labs reserves the right in its sole discretion to remove any Posted Links for any reason whatsoever. Inclusion of any links (Posted Links or others) in Posted Information does not imply any endorsement by or responsibility of mantiCORE Labs with regard to the contents of sites related to User Links.

POSTED INFORMATION, USAGE AND MONITORING

The decision to make Posted Information available, or to use or respond to Posted Information is yours alone. mantiCORE Labs has only made a portion of the Site available for the publication, distribution, and review of Posted Information. mantiCORE Labs is not involved in any transactions between the users who submit Posted Information, and the users who view or use such information. In addition, please note that mantiCORE Labs cannot confirm that anyone is who they say they are. You assume all risks relating to any dealings you may undertake with anyone you encounter through the Site. mantiCORE Labs may, but has no obligation to review, screen, monitor, or edit any Posted Information, either in advance, or after posting. mantiCORE Labs may post the Posted Information as submitted by the person registered to post the information, but will not accept any responsibility or liability for the accuracy of or omissions in such Posted Information. Inclusion of Posted Information on this Site does not imply any endorsement by mantiCORE Labs of the Posted Information. mantiCORE Labs reserves the right, in its sole discretion, to take any actions with respect to Posted Information that it deems are in the best interests of mantiCORE Labs or the Site, including but not limited to rejecting Posted Information, removing Posted Information, and/or revoking the access of any user who violates these Terms.

VIOLATION OF TERMS

You acknowledge that mantiCORE Labs has the right, in its sole discretion, to terminate your access to the Site, without liability to you or any third party, if you violate any of these Terms, violate the rights of mantiCORE Labs, interfere with any other user??s access or use of the Site, or if mantiCORE Labs decides that your use is otherwise detrimental to mantiCORE Labs, the Site, or mantiCORE Labs?? suppliers or licensors. If you believe that someone has violated these Terms, you may contact mantiCORE Labs at webmaster@manticorelabs.com. mantiCORE Labs may decide, in its discretion, to investigate the report and decide, in its sole discretion, to take any action relating to that report. mantiCORE Labs does not have any obligation or liability to you for the performance or nonperformance of those activities.

DISCLAIMERS

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EXCLUSION OF DAMAGES AND LIMITED LIABILITY

UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHALL MANTICORE LABS OR ITS SUPPLIERS OR LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, INDIRECT, ECONOMIC OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, LOSS OF DATA OR LOSS OF USE DAMAGES OR LOST PROFITS) ARISING OUT OF OR CONNECTED WITH THE SITE (INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ITS OPERATION, ITS CONTENTS OR THE INFORMATION OR MATERIALS CONTAINED THEREIN, OR THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SITE, OR THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE ANY OTHER SITE LINKED TO THE SITE, OR ANY CONTENT CONTAINED IN ANY SUCH SITE, OR THESE TERMS, OR ANY OTHER POLICY APPLICABLE TO THE SITE) EVEN IF MANTICORE LABS, ITS SUPPLIERS, OR LICENSORS HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF ANY DAMAGES. BECAUSE SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OR LIMITATION OF LIABILITY FOR CONSEQUENTIAL OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES, THE ABOVE LIMITATION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. IN SUCH STATES, THE RESPECTIVE LIABILITY OF MANTICORE LABS, ITS SUPPLIERS AND LICENSORS SHALL BE LIMITED TO THE GREATEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW.

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