[X3D-Public] multi-user VR

Alan Grimes ALONZOTG at verizon.net
Wed Sep 11 11:01:20 PDT 2013


Hello, I came across X3D in a search for a potential platform for a 
multi-user VR system.

Right now I'm trying to figure out whether it is really feasible to 
stream updates to the client and to use something like Ajax for the 
client to talk back at the server.

Issues include integration with the physics engine and content management.

The bulk of the environment/utilities/ui components can probably be done 
with fairly conventional java servlets.

Some issues I have is that the language used to describe X3D features is 
sometimes misleading, an initial reading might make one think it has 
some exciting feature but a more careful examination is that the actual 
feature is much more mundane. =\

Another issue is that the documentation is difficult to navigate. It 
should be provided as a PDF-book or, at least, with a full compliment of 
navigation buttons. Instead I'm forced to read it by selecting an 
article, then pressing back where I have to figure out what the next 
article is from the contents.

But mainly, what I'm trying to solve is to verify that it is possible to 
close the interaction loop with the server. It's the most critical 
technological problem at this point. I need to find the 
manuals/documents that will help me do this.

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