[X3D-Public] X3D differences with underlying render layers

[Don Brutzman]

based on interesting lunch discussions with John and others here at the
W3C TPAC meeting, i added the following slide to our wiki.  comments welcome.


_Differences with underlying render layers_

- OpenGL, DirectX, others are used as render layers for output o
	X3D player which parses .x3d XML files and draws them

- Unlikely that all browsers will implement the same render layer
	(OpenGL != DirectX)

- A Canvas3D layer might be helpful to unify calls to the underlying render
	layer - but how will it evolve over time?

- Not clear that Web authors are clamoring for ability to program low-level
	OpenGl (or similar) source code in Javascript, such models are not
	interoperable or composable

- X3D avoids these problems as a declarative scene-graph language available
	in XML

all the best, Don
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