X3D Scenarios and Case Studies:
Real World Applications - Real World Solutions
X3D has a strong presence internationally and throughout many different industries. From healthcare science to oil exploration, X3D is being deployed for many important as well diverse uses. Our goal is to explore the very multi-faceted nature of X3D from an industry perspective.
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Interactive Avatars with X3D
BS Contact a 3D real-time renderer from Bitmanagement enables online users to interact with an avatar acquired using a Web camera and X3D technology for real-time animation. Instead of rendering batch-jobs for a long time (e.g. days in some film productions with mainframe computers) the animation is rendered and presented with more than 30 frames per second on standard client computer of the user. The geometry and textures of the avatar – the 3D mesh – can be exported from standard graphic tools like 3ds max or blender to X3D.
CAVE Immersive experience with up to 75 % reduced cost and online testing
Many big companies today are using Cave Systems, which offering many advantages for instance in CAD development, design and simulation of logistical processes. Whereas the technology has been already established, most of smaller companies do not benefit from advantages due to high costs of cave.
The LEGO Group to boost retail with metaio
The Danish toy manufacturer will test launch its “Digital Box” in selected toyshops and LEGO(R) stores worldwide. This interactive terminal will utilize innovative technology supplied by metaio in the form of a software program specially-developed for the LEGO Group by the Munich based experts in augmented reality solutions. Together with a camera and display screen, the software lets LEGO packaging reveal its contents fully assembled within live 3D animated scenes.
Colosseum of ancient Rome- An exiting historical experience
Up until now archaeology and world heritage sites have always been subjects which the general public have found difficult to understand and interprete, remaining a secret realm best deciphered by historians, scientists and archaeologists. Today that has changed. Through cutting-edge 3D technologies anyone with a standard PC can access and interact with historical monuments and cities that have been reconstructed.
The application is developed by Past Perfect Production based on BS Contact of Bitmanagement.
Coperion 3D - A Virtual Factory on the Tabletop
The Coperion Group is planning and producing plants and systems for the plastics industry. The presentation at Coperion’s booth at K Fair in Dusseldorf consisted of Fraunhofer IGD’s multi-touch table and an impressive 8-meter wide high definition projection mirroring the table’s image. With this application Coperion demonstrated their core-competencies to the markets and complex processes in a plant for bulk material handling via Virtual Reality. InstantPlayer and InstantCluster were used to render the interactive real time 3D visualisation.
Bitmanagement visualizes automatically constructed 3D cities on the web with BS Contact GEO
A quality leap hand in hand with a substantial cost reduction can be realized today in the 3D city model domain. Textured 3D models of complete cities at a resolution of 4 inch (10 cm) per pixel can be constructed automatically within days and visualized with the highly performing BS Contact GeoVRML/X3D viewer interactively on the web. 3D city models can be used integrated in many applications ranging from online search engines to embedded automotive navigation- and entertainment systems.
Bitmanagement offers a digital factory tool program for Tarakos
A digital factory solution offered by Tarakos, Germany, based on the visualization software of Bitmanagement. This digital factory solution has three software tools VR builder, VR control and VR viewer. VR builder is a software tool for 3D configurators and time-based simulation of conveying, material flow and storage/warehouse equipment using the virtual reality (VR) technology. The program is used to visualize and analyze plants. Its special feature is the simple and quick usage of virtual, animated 3D scenes by users with no special programming or 3D designing skills because of parametric and animated 3D models available.
METAIO brings Web3D innovative technology to E-commerce using Bitmanagement’s BS Contact
Augmented reality and interactive Web3D innovative technology brings a whole new dimension to E-commerce, superimposing products directly on to a photo of the shopper’s personal environment, on the right scale, appropriate to context and interactively.
As Internet shopping becomes increasingly popular, the number of products, services, product variants and suppliers are growing too. This makes it more and more confusing for shoppers and harder for sellers to stand out from the crowd. But it is possible using Web3D technology.
This is where augmented reality and interactive Web3D comes in. This innovative technology brings a whole new dimension to E-commerce, superimposing products directly on to a photo of the shopper’s personal environment, on the right scale, appropriate to context and interactively. Let’s say you want to buy new furniture. With augmented reality you can see how it looks in your home alongside your existing decor and try out different combinations of colours and variants before you make a purchase. This product is developed by Metaio based on BS Contact of Bitmanagement.
ALIVE, University of Southern Queensland - The Phoenix Challenge
ALIVE created “The Phoenix Challenge” using Flux Studio, Maya and Rawkee and implemented Ajax3D to keep track of the player’s score and to interact with their database of objects. The player’s objective is to make their way around the campus picking up objects which affect their STRENGTH, SMARTS and STRESS. There is a time limit to complete each level. X3D provided the ability to create a browser based game which students can find by following a URL and after installing the Flux Player, do not require other software on their system and can view other X3D scenes the ALIVE team create. The game can be played by visiting http://www.alivex3d.org/challenge Viewers can access this password protected game with the username: guest and the password: guest
Penn State to visualize cave with VRML/X3D based software
Penn State has developed cave applications, targeting to facilitate the effective use of virtual reality (VR) techniques in design, construction and other disciplines. The aim was to develop immersive environments, where users can study all kinds of designs for different ranges with special visualization techniques.Penn State opted for VRML/X3D- based standard software, BSContact Stereo from Bitmanagement. More PR
The core technology of the cave applications is the 3D visualization software. BS contact Stereo software, completely meets the requirements of a high quality stereoscopic rendering, which is essential to create a fully immersive environment. BS Contact Stereo is also an interactive, real time and internet ready software, which above all showing the stereo effect without special eyeglasses.
These are visualization systems with two, three or more ceiling high projection walls, which obtain a realistic three-dimensional impression. The stereoscopic effect is generated by two projectors in each wall. Each single wall is synchronized with all others, whereby the position of the watching person is covered by a tracking system, so that the watchers point of view is adapted to his or her respective location and accordingly to his or her moves. By the immersive perception - the stereoscopic 3D view - product can be analyzed virtually, but with visible depth effect.