Latest Web3D News
Sep 06, 2010
Oxalya Group, a key member of the Collaviz project has joined the Web3D Consortium as a Directing Member to assist in developing and extending the X3D specification for scientific 3D visualization. The Collaviz project funded by the French government brings technology leaders together to find solutions for remote analysis and collaboration to the scientific and industrial community. These Web-based technologies with shared high-performance computing and visualization centers will allow researchers and engineers handling very large data sets, including 3D data models to collaborate in real-time.
The COLLAVIZ project integrates applications, allowing the exploration of scientific data in a collaborative mode for fluids dynamics, biochemistry and geophysics. One of the goals for this team is to develop a remote collaborative3D visualization framework for the Web as a decision-making and support tool. 3D scientific visualization faces new paradigms with various tools available today. Several 3D exchange formats norms are being addressed with a key interest in the ISO certified open standard X3D’s file format and runtime architecture format for Scientific Visualization Norms and Standards.
By joining Web3D as a Directing Member, OXALYA intends to take an active role in maturing X3D as the ISO standard that integrates delivery of real-time 3D scientific visualization with the power of XML on the Web and updating X3D pipelines that preserves BREP structures. OXALYA is a key technology provider for the Collaviz poject. OXALYA is researching and demonstrating ways to integrate X3D within the COLLAVIZ infrastructure for use by scientists to visually portray their inquiry and analysis results.
Oxalya Group is a European company based in Luxembourg, with several offices across Europe. Since 2003, our team brings High Performance Computing (HPC) technologies to the market. Its high investment in software technologies for scientific computing and numerical simulation distinguishes Oxalya as one of the fastest growing company on the market. Oxalya contributes to several major collaborative R&D technology programs in Europe, bringing simplicity and industrialization process to a deeply innovative market, in order to give researchers and research-engineers an opportunity to focus on their core job.
Aug 23, 2010
Experience how the oil and gas industry is using Web3D Consortium member Octaga‘s X3D/VRML technology at ONS 2010 from August 24-27, 2010.
Visit Octaga in booth #1216. Octaga Enterprise provides world class 3D visualization software and services for the Oil & Gas and the AEC markets. Their mission is to create value from your enterprise data through the application of interactive X3D/VRML technology and animation.
Don’t miss the interactive performance of Mike Robinson and Bruce Stewart from Subsea Systems of FMC Technologies (booth #601). This interactive subsea presentation made using Octaga’s Visual Solutions will be presented and displayed on the immersive Panorama screen supplied by Octaga Technology.
Octaga is proud to be the production company for the main presentation video at Statoil’s booth at ONS 2010. Look around and feel the atmosphere in the booth! Octaga has produced additional videos for all live surfaces. Visit Statoil in booth # 612.
For OTC 2010 Octaga delivered videos and an interactive presentation to Siemens. The x-pert presentation at OTC was a great success and Siemens has announced their interest in using interactive presentations more often in the future. Visit Siemens in booth # 960 for a look at their Subsea Power Grid.
Octaga has delivered many videos and presentations to GE (booth #1190) for a variety of uses. See some of the presentations Octaga has created for them.
Nexans in # 990 has a Presentation Theater delivered by Octaga. The solution is a great tool to integrate diverse multimedia sources into one presentation. Have a closer look at the ROV umbilical video. The cable animation was a quite a challenge.
TCM (Technology Center Mongstad Booth #1124) is an innovative and interesting project to work with. For ONS 2010 Octaga has delivered an interactive presentation of the Mongstad production plant and a Flash animation for use at the show. Experience the presentations and learn more about the Mongstad project.
The Octaga Enterprise viewing component is integrated in the Enovia Project Lifecycle Management (PLM) system. Visit Enovia in booth # 1143 for demonstrations. Octaga Enterprise is in daily use by the operators and maintenance personnel at Shell Ormen Lange at Aukra and Kristiansund. Visit Octaga in booth #1216 and see how Octaga Enterprise helps save time and money in the operation of this plant. Octaga Enterprise is a visualization solution designed for handling lifecycle data for process plants and buildings. Recent developments include web support for incorporating X3D models in web browsers. This allows the 3D plant model to be integrated into web-based services and used as an intuitive, interactive 3D portal to asset data.
Aug 05, 2010
With the Web3D Conference and SIGGRAPH 2010 behind us, one question on everyone’s mind is – “when will the 3D Web be ready for everyone?” And “where does X3D fit in this evolution?”
The 2010 SIGGRAPH conference in Los Angeles gathered 3D graphics and web developers from around the world. Whether the company was a start up or an industry giant there was mention of 3D Web in their present strategy. But it seems that 3D adoption is slower than predicted. Why? The issue here is extending 2D processes to 3D and making them easy to develop and use. This may change with HTML V5, which brings us to the ISO certified royalty-free open standard, X3D, spearheaded by the Web3D Consortium. X3D’s file format and run-time architecture for 3D on the Web is being proposed to the World Wide Web Consortium’s (W3C) HTML Working Group for the purpose of best integrating developer and user-friendly 3D graphics with HTML V5. Many major forces are coming together now to enable the 3D Web to go main stream. The goal is to make the native authoring and use of declarative XML-based X3D scenes as natural and well-supported for HTML V5 authors, making the incorporation of X3D as easy as including an image.
Web3D Consortium member Fraunhofer has developed a JavaScript-based player for X3D. It runs in any browser that supports HTML V5 and JavaScript-based WebGL rendering layer, which include beta releases for Mozilla Firefox, Apple Safari and Google Chrome web browsers. It supports native X3D within an HTML page. More information on the X3dom project and example implementations are available at: www.x3dom.org. Due to the large interest there were several recent discussions, meeting and BoFs related to this project. Johannes Behr’s slide sets on X3dom are available along with other slide sets from SIGGRAPH 2010 and Web3D 2010 Conference.
This effort has strategic importance for Web3D and indeed for all 3D graphics, since X3D is an interchange format for a wide variety of models. We intend to establish a solid foundation for X3D to properly support 3D graphics in HTML V5. Additional information on the X3D/HTML5 Web3D Working group and their current initiatives and efforts is available in our Wiki.
The Consortium would like to thank all who attended our SIGGRAPH 2010 BoFs, Tutorials and Tech Talk. The slide sets are available on our home page. Those of you who visited our booth and had the opportunity to see the X3D demos and perceive how you can use X3D for your 3D graphics needs thank you for being a part of our success.
There is a claim today that use of X3D is marginal… Absolutely wrong! and we proved it at SIGGRAPH 2010! X3D remains the most widely used standard for the implementation of high integrity and high capability 3D systems. For a list of recent projects using X3D see X3D Use Cases and X3D Adoption. Because X3D is a direct evolution of VRML we have models over 10 years old that still run today. X3D is the only royalty-free and ISO-certified standard for 3D interchange file formats and runtime architecture for the Web today. Our interchange file formats and runtime applications include both open-source and commercial implementations.
There are several software tools (BS Editor , Octaga modeler, X3D-Edit, and others) to support X3D content creation. 3D content creation is a highly skilled and labor intensive process – these tools help automate it. The X3D Resources page has links to Examples, Applications, Authoring software, and Players and Plugins for X3D/VRML Viewing. They are all free downloads, but their developers may have other tools for sale.
X3D’s sweet spot is bringing 3D graphics expression to a wider audience, one not necessary trained in the art of 3D graphics programming, but fairly technical nonetheless. They typically write the behavior part and leave the graphics to the X3D player. X3D is a high-level language above OpenGL/DirectX in abstraction. With X3D they can create meaningful representations of their data without needing to understand low-level graphics.
Come join us and become a part of this evolving standard. We look forward to working with you and become a part of our X3D community. All members are empowered to participate in Consortium working groups, network with leading Web3D technologist, and contribute to the consortium specifications. These benefits can greatly accelerate the delivery and profitability of member’s cutting-edge 3D platforms and applications.
To join us visit us at www.web3d.org/membership/join. If you need additional information about our technology or information about member companies and their X3D implementations please contact Web3D Consortium, Executive Director Anita Havele.
Web3D Consortium at SIGGRAPH 2010
Jul 16, 2010
SIGGRAPH 2010 in Los Angeles, the biggest graphics industry gathering is just days away and The Web3D Consortium is geared up to showcase innovative X3D solutions for the 3D web and wow the 3D graphics community.
Come visit us in booth 1024 and attend our BoFs and Tech Talk.
Web3D Tech Talk and Reception
Wednesday, July 28 from 3:30 to 5:30 PM
Web3D BoFs
X3D-Earth (Carto)…Tue, 27, Jul, 12:30 - 2:00 - 287
X3D-CAD ………….Tue, 27, Jul, 2:00 - 3:30 - 301B
X3D-HTML5……….Tue, 27, Jul, 3:30 - 5:00 - 301B
X3D-Medical……….Wed, 28,Jul, 10:30 - 12:00 - 301 B
Web3D New Initiatives…Thu, 29 Jul, 1:30 - 2:30 - 301B
Web3D Korea Chapter…Thu, 29 Jul, 3:00 - 6:00 - 301B
More information on all the Web3D Consortium events at SIGGRAPH 2010 is available at Web3D at SIGGRAPH 2010.
Experience the power of the only ISO certified, royalty free open-standard 3D implementation for the Web. See X3D Earth integrated with Planet 9 and Bitmanagement cityscapes, X3D content playing on the iphone and discover how X3D technology can be used for real-time 3D graphics on the web today. A week full of events showcasing X3D technology. See the latest real-world interactive 3D applications and find out how you can build and protect your content investment in this ever-changing competitive market. Our innovative community of content and application developers that ensure interoperability, longevity and ownership of your content will amaze you.
The Web3D Consortium will have its ever popular Web3D Tech Talk on Wednesday, July 28 from 3:30 - 5:30 PM to excite, educate, and engage you in the latest 3D graphics developments. A must attend event. Come see Consortium members showcase incredible X3D and VRML content. Join us for a reception after our Tech Talk and network with leading Web3D technologists.
The Web3D Consortium is a member-driven organization involved in many technical initiatives across the 4D value chain. We are presenting several Birds of the Feather sessions at SIGGRAPH: X3D and HTML5, Medical Visualization, Emerging X3D Initiatives and CAD. More information on all the Web3D Consortium events at SIGGRAPH 2010 is available at Web3D at SIGGRAPH 2010.
Also not to be missed is the 15th annual Web3D 2010 Conference, July 24 and 25, co-located and co-sponsored by ACM SIGGRAPH.
Jun 10, 2010
The COLLAVIZ project team has organized a workshop on 16 June, 2010 from 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM at the TER@TEC 2010 conference to discuss New Paradigms of Scientific Visualization. Web3D consortium’s Dr. Johannes Behr, Fraunhofer, Germany will present the X3D interchange format as one of the Scientific Visualization Norms and Standards.
As a real decision-making support tool, scientific visualization faces new paradigms. With scientific tools multiplication and their respective evolutions, questions regarding 3D exchange formats norms have risen and must be addressed. X3D, Collada or VRML are examples (among many others) of formats offering different perspectives to different users.The COLLAVIZ project is developing a remote collaborative visualization framework, aiming at giving access to visualization through a simple Internet connection. It already integrates applications such as Ensight or Paraview, allowing the exploitation of the results in a collaborative mode in fields relative to fluids dynamics, biochemistry or geophysics, etc.
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