Is it finally time for 3D online?

pr0digal jenius · May 17, 2005, 07:26 PM

The time for 3D on the Web has come, insists Tony Parisi, co-creator of Virtual Reality Modeling Language--this time for real.
VRML veterans like Parisi last month marked the 10th anniversary of the language's first commercial implementation. And after a decade of waiting for a computer graphics Godot, they're used to encountering skepticism when they herald the imminent eminence of Web 3D.

Bodies littering the Web 3D landscape include that of Microsoft's Chromeffects effort (shelved in 1998), Adobe's Atmosphere title (killed in November), and Intel and Macromedia's joint venture to popularize Shockwave 3D on the Web (which dissolved along with other Intel Web 3D alliances).

In 10 years of turmoil and tried patience, both VRML and Parisi have changed. VRML, after achieving ISO standardization, in recent years has been reborn, under the auspices of the Web3D Consortium, as an XML-based ISO standard called X3D. Parisi has kept the Web 3D religion with a San Francisco start-up called Media Machines, whose clients include the U.S. Navy and Joe Firmage's ManyOne portal.
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pr0digal jenius · May 17, 2005, 07:27 PM

Great...more languages with dynamic graphics for people to abuse and make annoying websites with.

No_Style · May 17, 2005, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by pr0digal jenius

Great...more languages with dynamic graphics for people to abuse and make annoying websites with.

3D popups!

P.S - You're one damn cynical guy, but I love you still.

May 17, 2005, 07:26 PM	#1
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	Is it finally time for 3D online? The time for 3D on the Web has come, insists Tony Parisi, co-creator of Virtual Reality Modeling Language--this time for real. VRML veterans like Parisi last month marked the 10th anniversary of the language's first commercial implementation. And after a decade of waiting for a computer graphics Godot, they're used to encountering skepticism when they herald the imminent eminence of Web 3D. Bodies littering the Web 3D landscape include that of Microsoft's Chromeffects effort (shelved in 1998), Adobe's Atmosphere title (killed in November), and Intel and Macromedia's joint venture to popularize Shockwave 3D on the Web (which dissolved along with other Intel Web 3D alliances). In 10 years of turmoil and tried patience, both VRML and Parisi have changed. VRML, after achieving ISO standardization, in recent years has been reborn, under the auspices of the Web3D Consortium, as an XML-based ISO standard called X3D. Parisi has kept the Web 3D religion with a San Francisco start-up called Media Machines, whose clients include the U.S. Navy and Joe Firmage's ManyOne portal. ________________________ Source/Read More: C\|Net News

May 17, 2005, 07:27 PM	Thread Starter #2
pr0digal jenius Delete Me Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 14,648 Rep Power: 0	Great...more languages with dynamic graphics for people to abuse and make annoying websites with.