Developing Web Applications With COLLADA And X3D
White Papers COLLADA and X3D are two royalty-free open standards that use XML schema technology to represent 3D content. With the growing pressure for tool vendors and content providers to use open standards rather than closed proprietary formats, many are...
[June 23, 2007, 0:00]
X3D-UML: Enabling Advanced UML Visualisation Through X3D
White Papers The Unified Modelling Language (UML) has become a commercially accepted standard for visualising software systems. Much of this success can be attributed to the Computer Aided Software Engineering (CASE) tools, which enable the UML to be...
[June 27, 2007, 0:00]
Intel Heads For 3D Standards War
News Developers of three-dimensional rendering technology for the Web known as X3D are bracing for a standards war with Intel -- a former backer of the project -- just as their recently sundered collaboration bears fruit.
[June 21, 2004, 10:25]
3D Web Standards Move Closer
News A group pushing for industry standards for 3D on the Web released its final working draft of a key specification, bringing the technology one step closer to international standardisation. The Web3D Consortium (W3DC) made its draft of Extensible 3D...
[July 24, 2002, 11:25]
Bringing 3D To The Web
News Virtual Reality Modeling Language is back from the dead -- again. That's the message coming from this week's Web3D 2002 Symposium (W3D) in Tempe, Arizona, where members of the premier Web 3D standards group unveiled the first working draft of...
[February 27, 2002, 6:31]
Is A 3D Web More Than Just Empty Promises?
News The time for 3D on the Web has come, insists Tony Parisi, co-creator of Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML) - this time for real. VRML veterans like Parisi last month marked the tenth anniversary of the language's first commercial implementation.
[May 19, 2005, 11:55]
Portals In Space
News The furore surrounding Firmage's revelations coincided with the young multimillionaire entrepreneur's resignation from his position as chief executive of USWeb/CKS. Firmage subsequently became associated with Ann Druyan, a respected science writer...
[July 29, 2003, 17:45]
