<s>
Microsoft	O
's	O
Chrome	O
was	O
the	O
code	O
name	O
for	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
APIs	B-General_Concept
that	O
allowed	O
DirectX	B-Application
to	O
be	O
easily	O
accessed	O
from	O
user-space	O
software	O
,	O
including	O
HTML	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
1997	O
,	O
Microsoft	O
bought	O
pioneering	O
startup	O
Dimension	O
X	O
,	O
developers	O
of	O
several	O
Java-based	O
animation	O
tools	O
including	O
Liquid	B-Operating_System
Motion	I-Operating_System
and	O
Liquid	O
Reality	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Looking	O
to	O
make	O
their	O
recently	O
introduced	O
Direct3D	B-Application
more	O
widely	O
available	O
,	O
the	O
Chrome	O
project	O
combined	O
the	O
Dimension	O
X	O
team	O
with	O
many	O
members	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
D3D	O
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chromeffects	O
was	O
an	O
XML-based	O
wrapper	O
that	O
allowed	O
Chrome	O
to	O
be	O
called	O
from	O
within	O
a	O
web	O
page	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Embedding	O
Chromeffects	O
objects	O
in	O
HTML	B-Language
pages	O
could	O
produce	O
rich	O
content	O
in	O
the	O
same	O
way	O
that	O
VML	B-Language
does	O
for	O
2D	O
artwork	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
We	O
're	O
moving	O
DirectX	B-Application
from	O
programmers	O
to	O
artists.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
Likewise	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Liquid	I-Operating_System
Motion	I-Operating_System
was	O
a	O
layer	O
similar	O
to	O
Chromeffects	O
but	O
within	O
Java	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Chromeffects	O
did	O
not	O
support	O
any	O
of	O
the	O
media	O
standards	O
that	O
were	O
being	O
developed	O
at	O
the	O
W3C	O
coincident	O
with	O
its	O
development	O
,	O
including	O
HTML+TIME	B-Language
or	O
the	O
document	B-General_Concept
object	I-General_Concept
model	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
Chrome	O
demanded	O
relatively	O
hefty	O
machines	O
to	O
run	O
on	O
,	O
a	O
350MHz	O
Pentium	B-General_Concept
II	I-General_Concept
or	O
better	O
with	O
an	O
AGP	B-Architecture
graphics	O
card	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Many	O
of	O
the	O
Chrome	O
staff	O
were	O
merged	O
back	O
into	O
the	O
DirectX	B-Application
team	O
,	O
while	O
Eric	O
Engstrom	O
was	O
moved	O
out	O
of	O
multimedia	O
to	O
the	O
MSN	B-Protocol
team	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Engstrom	O
was	O
in	O
charge	O
of	O
Chrome	O
and	O
the	O
equally	O
"	O
troubled	O
"	O
NetShow	B-Application
streaming	O
media	O
projects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Microsoft	O
did	O
deliver	O
on	O
their	O
promise	O
to	O
better	O
track	O
internet	O
standards	O
,	O
releasing	O
Microsoft	B-Operating_System
Vizact	I-Operating_System
which	O
was	O
based	O
on	O
HTML+TIME	B-Language
.	O
</s>
