The Spring 2024 Newsletter has been published and distributed.
News
2024 Jun 29
The Consortium's Spring 2024 Newsletter is available. It contains stories and reports from activities and events. The Web3D Consortium regularly publishes a newsletter covering major Consortium events and news.
2024 Jun 15
Web3D Consortium announces the X3D Ecosystem special interest group to accelerate the progress of integrating X3D content across diverse domains and platforms. By extending support of X3D authoring tools and X3D conversion tools in other 3D technologies we can bring X3D to mainstream use. Calling 3D experts and enthusiasts to join.
Web3D Consortium announces the launch of the new X3D Ecosystem Special Interest Group focused on the growth of the X3D ecosystem. Participants in this group are developing immediate solutions to real-world problem
2024 Jun 15
X3D working group efforts have shifted focus exclusively to standardization of X3D technology. Web3D Consortium has renamed it to X3D Standards Working Group to better reflect this new direction.
X3D working group efforts have shifted focus exclusively to standardization of X3D technology. Web3D Consortium has renamed it to X3D Standards Working Group to better reflect this new direction and goals.
2024 May 1
This webinar will present examples of using X3D to visualize architectural scenes as well as BIM, Building Information Modeling, content. Live web based X3D scenes will be demonstrated and the authoring tools and techniques used to create the X3D scenes will be explained.
This webinar will present examples of using X3D to visualize architectural scenes as well as BIM, Building Information Modeling, content. Live web based X3D scenes will be demonstrated and the authoring tools and techniques used to create the X3D scenes will be explained.
2024 Mar 1
Web3D 2024 Conference in Guimarães, Portugal from 25 – 27 September 2024. Call for Papers and Contributions is now open. Submission deadline extended to June 16th, 2024. Share your latest 3D work! Requesting authors to submit their papers and posters.
Web3D 2024 Call for Papers and Posters
2024 Feb 12
The X3D® version 4.0 specification is now ratified by ISO/IEC as an International Standard. This latest version continues the tradition of interoperability, long-term stability, and royalty-free use while providing powerful new graphics and multimedia capabilities. The Web3D Consortium's X3D® version 4.0 standard spans a cross-platform ecosystem, including other standards such as glTF, HTML, MIDI, and Web Audio API for interactive, composable worlds on the Web.
2024 Feb 10
Immersive 3D visualization helps researchers with richer knowledge of fluid in tumors and could lead to advancements in understanding how glioblastoma tumors spread. The Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, shared data on fluid flow in brain tumors with Virginia Tech’s Visionarium, which created 3D visualizations using X3D that allow new insights.
2024 Jan 15
Web3D Consortium had another successful year with new collaborators and proven allies to venture the crossroads of 3D on the Web. From new alliances to successful outreach and continued development of our Standards
Web3D Consortium had another successful year with new collaborators and proven allies to venture the crossroads of 3D on the Web.
2024 Jan 5
X_ITE announces it's new release - An open source 3D JavaScript library that uses WebGL for 3D rendering. Authors can publish X3D and VRML 3D Scenes on the Web without plugins. This gives X3D authors the ability to display content in 3D, using WebGL in several Web browsers and platforms.
X_ITE v9.1.11 - ImageTexture and MovieTexture are not flipped at the y-axis any
2023 Oct 11
The Web3D Consortium Lifetime Technical Excellence award is presented to Dr. Richard Puk in recognition of his significant technical contributions to the development of X3D and HAnim ISO graphics standards for over 40 years. Congratulations to Dick on this recognition with our many thanks for all his support to Web3D Consortium
Dr. Richard Puk has been a longstanding member of the Web3D Consortim, contributing to the development of X3D graphics ISO standards within Web3D Consortium, INCITS, ANSI, and ISO for over 40 years.
Great Projects by our Members
The Most Widely Used Formats
X3DOM... 3D Without Plugins
X3D and VRML