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May 20, 2009
The fourteenth annual International Web3D Symposium, to be held at Fraunhofer IGD in Darmstadt, Germany from June 15-17, 2009, will celebrate a decade of innovation and interoperability through the Extensible 3D (X3D) Standard.
The Symposium will showcase Web3D Consortium’s standard X3D, the only open, royalty-free and ISO-certified technology available today for interactive 3D graphics on the World Wide Web. Use of X3D systems has increased steadily throughout the world, delivering durable applications in industry, science, medicine, culture, entertainment and education. Indeed, worlds and scenarios authored over ten years ago still run today and are faster than ever.
X3D systems have a proven track record of protecting content and have the process in place to support projects that require their content lifetime to exceed 50 years. Because X3D is a direct evolution of Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML), there are models over a decade old that run in the newest X3D players. It is not necessary to excavate the original 3D players to run that content. The business value - the virtual world content - survived, and the investment was protected. The open nature of the Web3D languages protects the content and the rights of the business.
Come see these innovative X3D systems and learn how to protect your 3D content investment for a lifetime. To register for the 2009 Web3D Symposium please visit: http://www.web3d2009.org/registration. X3D systems will also be demonstrated at SIGGRAPH 2009 in New Orleans, USA. Join the Web3D Consortium and become a part of this evolving standard.To join, visit us at: http://www.web3d.org/membership/join.
X3D_for_a_Lifetime_Press_Release.pdf
The Web goes 3D – Bitmanagement releases ISO Standard Viewer “BS Contact 7.2 Web 3D”
May 20, 2009
The Web goes 3D – Bitmanagement releases ISO Standard Viewer BS Contact 7.2 Web 3D
Bitmanagement, a leading technology provider of interactive Web 3D software announced the new release of their 3D viewer product BS Contact 7.2 Web 3D. You can now have interactive 3D content online in all major browsers (IE, Firefox, Safari, Google Chrome and Opera). BS Contact has been a stable 3D viewer for over 15 years. BS Contact 7.2 has 25 new features including cascading shadows and post processing along with a rich programming API and tools such as BS Encrypt. This 3D viewer is available for download at Bitmanagement.
May 19, 2009
Metaverse U Conference will be held at Stanford University, CA from May 29-30, 2009. The purpose of this conference is to define a strategy for advancing open source platforms and explore their potential in a broad variety of contexts, including scientific research, education, private enterprise, and cultural programming. The Metaverse U conference will explore the cutting edge applications of virtual worlds and the open platforms that drive them. There will be a free live video stream during the conference. For more information please visit: http://metaverse.stanford.edu
May 06, 2009
With significant improvements in performance with larger CAD models, Octaga has met the challenge of visualizing complex models by incorporating innovative 3D graphics technologies in their recently released Octaga Player 2.3.0.4.
The new version is now capable of displaying more than 30 million polygons with the same performance.
Other improvements in Octaga Player 2.3.0.4 include:
• Improved performance on animations
• Improved collision detection
• Improved support for advanced shaders through the RenderBuffer node
• New script methods for improved interactivity
This version enhances the overall usability of the player. New improvements also include the visual impact of interactive presentations, with sharper and brighter
images. The higher frame rate and improved functionalities in the viewer allow a wider range of model sizes and complexity.
Octaga Player 2.3.0.4 is free for personal use only. A GoPro version is available for only 49 € at www.octaga.com.
For more information email: sales@octaga.com or call +47 99 30 03 33
May 05, 2009
Early Registration ends May15, 2009
14th International Symposium on 3D Web Technology
June 16 - 17, 2009 hosted by Fraunhofer IGD, Darmstadt, Germany - Sponsored by ACM SIGGRAPH -In cooperation with Eurographics and Web3D Consortium.
To register please visit: http://www.web3d2009.org/registration.
The annual Web3D Symposium is a major event, which unites researchers, developers, experimenters, and content creators in a dynamic learning environment. Attendees share and explore methods of using, enhancing, and creating new 3D web and multimedia technologies, such as X3D, VRML, COLLADA, Croquet, MPEG4, Java3D, and Canvas3D.
General Chairs: Dieter Fellner, Ph.D. TU Darmstadt, Fraunhofer IGD and Alexei Sourin, Ph.D. Nanyang Technological University.
Program Chairs: Johannes Behr, Ph.D.Fraunhofer IGD and Krzysztof Walczak, Ph.D. Poznan University.
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