3D-Online was founded in 1996. It is located in Manhattan Beach, California, just south of Los Angeles International Airport in the beautiful South Bay. It currently employs a variety of 3D artists and engineers.

Our Program Manager previously worked in world-wide product development with Fortune 500 companies.   Each has a master's degree with 15 to 20 years experience

Our Software Engineer team has worked for outstanding bleeding-edge engineering companies such as Xerox Corporation's PARC (Palo Alto Research Center) and Viviendi Universal Games #1 selling titles "Math Blaster" and Blizzard Entertainment's "Diablo" and "Warcraft".

Our staff of 3D artists and art directors include Michele Matossian, author of several books on 3D Studio Max and international instructor, Patricia Waterman, graduate of Art Center College of Design, head of Waterman Animation and leading instructor and developer of 3D.

3D-Online teaches Web 3D at several leading institutions, including UCLA, UC Berkeley and the University of California's Silicon Valley Extension.  We also speak at major conferences including Internet World, SIGGRAPH, New Media Conference and Web Expo.