Most of the Chinese companies that Microsoft has enlisted in the Venus project have the technology and resources to introduce such a product on their own.

CNN: ASIANOW - TIME Asia

Last month, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates visited Shenzhen in southern China to unveil the company's "Venus project, " software and hardware that allows VCD players and other consumer devices to display Chinese Internet content on TVs.

CNN: ASIANOW - Asiaweek

On his most recent trip, he stopped in Shenzhen to confirm that he had lined up nearly every major Chinese computer manufacturer behind his company's "Venus project, " a combination of software and hardware that lets VCD players and other, similar devices display Chinese-language Internet content on an ordinary TV set.

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Initially created as a side project while Oberst led the band Commander Venus, Bright Eyes became his primary focus upon Commander Venus' 1997 dissolution.

NPR: Bright Eyes: New Ideas from a 'New Dylan'