VRML and Web3D
Putting the pieces in place for 3D on the Web
- Web3D Consortium
- Industry Consortium for implementing open standards for 3D on the web
- Created VRML97 - the ISO standard for 3D graphics on the Internet
- X3D project - new generation technology being shown here at Siggraph
- The next evolutionary step - backwards compatible with VRML 97
- Componentized for small client size
- Can be extended with plug-in components
- Standardized profiles to define components for vertical applications
- Don’t need a plug-in!
- Java application, dataset and an X3D viewer - 40Kbytes
- X3D - 3D graphics for the next generation web
- Being adopted by W3C as the 3D component in new web multimedia specifications
- Integrates with XML, DOM, XHTML, SMIL, SVG
- Potentially integrates with MPEG4
- 3D must not be left out of the next web!
- Web3D is working to make sure 3D needs are fully considered
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