Web3D Consortium at SIGGRAPH 2008
Anita Havele: Executive Director Web3D Consortium - Email: anita.havele@web3d.org
Web3D Consortium is announcing its annual SIGGRAPH participation (August 11-15) in Los Angeles, California, USA. This year we celebrate our 10th anniversary with a bigger presence in the 3D graphics industry. Come visit us and see the progress of our evolving standard and X3D/VRML innovations. We have a week full of events showcasing our technology.
Here are some of our Highlights!
Web3D Tech Talk:
Block August 13 afternoon on your calendar and come see our impressive speaker line-up. Over 12 expert speakers from leading organizations will be discussing their X3D application and content creation from concept to production. Their combined knowledge will give You the power to make the right strategic decisions leading to your 3D Graphics needs. Wed, Aug 13, 3:30 PM to 5:30 PM.
Web3D Reception:
Take a break from the show floor and celebrate our 10th anniversary at our reception after the Tech Talk and network with leading web3D technologists and Authors and start building contacts and exchanging business-critical information. Wed, Aug 13, 5:30 PM to 6:30 PM. Thanks to Octaga for sponsoring the reception.
Web3D Exhibit:
Meet us in booth #139. See our X3D innovators demo their latest real-world 3D applications and content, and find out how you can use X3D for your real-time 3D graphic needs. Technologies to be exhibited are Medical imaging, Scientific visualization, Geospatial, 3D education and CAD. Tue, Aug 12 through Thu, Aug 14. Experience the brand new Octaga Enterprise suite which is Octaga’s most advanced 3D visualization solution used by Shell as their 3D visualization solution to support the maintenance of the Ormen Lange Gas field processing plant. Bitmanagement will showcase textured 3D models of complete cities constructed automatically and visualized with the high performing BS Contact GeoVRML/X3D viewer interactively on the web. Fraunhofer will amaze you with its augmented reality demonstration using pre-computed radiance transfer to simulate reflection of surrounding real light on the virtual object that is merged into the real scene. Yumetech will be demonstrating applications developed using its Xj3D and ChefX3D toolkits, see several new applications being developed using these toolkits including domain specific editors for mass market 3D printing.
X3D-Showcase DVD:
Collect our X3D-Showcase DVD at the booth, this DVD is filled with X3D resources to get you started with creating your very own X3D content. Thanks to Naval Postgraduate School for sponsoring the DVD.
X3D Raffle:
Register at our booth for the X3D raffle filled with X3 development tools to be drawn at our Tech Talk. Prizes include: Bitmanagement BS SDK Package, Octaga Player RAD Kit, Yumetech 3-day X3D Authoring training, X3D for Web Authors books and more. Wed, Aug 13, 5:30 PM after the Tech Talk.
X3D Tutorials and BoFs:
Attend several or our X3D tutorial and Bofs and learn more about X3D technology. Tutorials: Immersive and Augmented Reality with X3D, X3D vent animation, scripting and prototype extensibility, Mashup and X3D-Earth, and more. BOFs: Multiuser Virtual Environments , Real-time, Interactive, Animated, Extensible 3D Graphics X3D-CAD, X3D-Medical, X3D-H-Anim and Web3dD Member meeting.
X3D Plugfest:
Bring your content to the Web3D Symposium (co-located at SIGGRAPH) and join X3D vendors test X3D browser interoperability. Spec authors and browser implementers will debate the finer points of the X3D specification and their interpretations. Saturday, August 9 from 4:30 PM.
Web3D Member Meetings:
Meet our consortium members at our town hall meeting at the Web3D Symposium and our member meeting BoF. Learn about member benefits and how you can be a part of this emerging standard. Sun Aug 10, 3:30 PM to 5:00 PM.
Quite simply, no other event will offer you the ability to learn more about the emerging X3D standard and technology and give you the power to make the right strategic decisions leading to your 3D Graphics needs. Details on all our events including Tutorials and BoFs are available at Web3D-at-SIGGRAPH.
I hope to see you at Web3D Symposium and the SIGGRAPH 2008 conference and don’t forget to stop by our booth to collect our X3D-Showase DVD and register for our raffle drawing.
In the end, the Web3D Consortium is focused on a single goal: Making real-time 3D graphics open, free and available to everyone.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me.
SEE YOU AT SIGGRPAGH 2008!!!