[x3d-public] 3D Graphics Compress Call for Contributions | Web3D Consortium

[doug sanden]

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> Discussed during call today:
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> http://www.web3d.org/news-story/3d-graphics-compress-call-contributions
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The only thing that pops to mind is the very different .x3z/.web3z idea^, except allow multiple formats in the zip file so a browser can pick and choose its favorite format from x3dom,json,x3d,vrml97 (resources would be the same in /images etc subfolders)

-Doug

more..
x3z/web3z blob (binary large object) formats - the whole thing is downloaded first, as a single zip file, then opened 
- analogous to googleEarth .kmz
.x3z 
- http://www.cloudvr.net/
- implemented in freewrl, works
.web3z
- similar to .x3z
- idea was to put a metafile in the root folder of the .zip
- browsers would open the metafile first
- metafile would say what the root scene file is, which could be .x3d or .wrl
- today's insight: multiple formats could be in .zip -.wrl, .x3d, .json, .html/x3dom
-- and metafile would have a way to say that
-- so browsers could pick their favorite format