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<p>I would like to have an application that merged X3DOM and
Three.js. The specific requirements are below. I would like to use
this to easily handle X3D declarative data and the ability to
investigate additional capabilities that are included in Three
(animation, shaders, rendering, VR, etc.). There are also many
tools that work in conjunction with Three that would be nice to
use at various times. I also want to have the DOM interaction
provided by X3DOM.</p>
<p>There is an X3D loader for Three (<span class="pl-smi"><a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://github.com/jonaskello/three-x3d-loader">https://github.com/jonaskello/three-x3d-loader</a>);
however, it's node set is very limited (e.g., no animation) and
it does not appear to provide a DOM interface. John Carlson
mentioned he had one, but I am not sure if it meets the DOM
interface requirements. Johannes mentioned that they looked into
Three as a renderer, but at the time there were too many
differences between X3D and how Three handled the scene graph
and rendered the result.<br>
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<p>Initial Requirements<br>
1) Use Three.js for all rendering<br>
2) Provides DOM interface to X3D scene<br>
3) Handle most X3D nodes<br>
4) Easy to add new nodes or features (see A-Frame for an example
of "easy")</p>
<p>The application needs to be able to run in the DOM and construct
a scene graph using Three from X3D tags (nodes) in the HTML file.
In general all tags and attributes (nodes and fields) need to be
accessible from DOM (both read and write). Internal animations
(TimeSensor --> Interpolator --> TargetNode) need to work. <br>
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<p>So far my preliminary investigation indicates that the problem is
doable. The difficult part appears to be parsing the nodes In the
HTML file and keeping the DOM reference from the node to the Three
object. I have no idea of the performance would be, though it does
need to be near 90 fps (browser willing).<br>
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<p>Does anyone have any insights, comments, or thoughts on such an
application?<br>
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<font size="+1"><b>Leonard Daly</b></font><br>
3D Systems & Cloud Consultant<br>
LA ACM SIGGRAPH Chair<br>
President, Daly Realism - <i>Creating the Future</i>
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