The Symposium will showcase Web3D Consortium’s standard X3D, the only open, royalty-free and ISO-certified technology available today for interactive 3D graphics on the World Wide Web. Use of X3D systems has increased steadily throughout the world, delivering durable applications in industry, science, medicine, culture, entertainment and education. Indeed, worlds and scenarios authored over… ]]> tag:web3d.org,2009:/1.803 2009-05-20T16:04:35Z 2009-05-20T16:50:36Z anita.havele anita.havele@web3d.org The Web goes 3D – Bitmanagement releases ISO Standard Viewer BS Contact 7.2 Web 3D

Bitmanagement, a leading technology provider of interactive Web 3D software announced the new release of their 3D viewer product BS Contact 7.2 Web 3D.  You can now have interactive 3D content online in all major browsers (IE, Firefox, Safari, Google Chrome and Opera). BS Contact has been a stable 3D viewer for over 15 years. BS Contact 7.2 has 25 new features including cascading shadows and post processing along with a rich programming API and tools such as BS Encrypt. This 3D viewer is… ]]> tag:web3d.org,2009:/1.802 2009-05-19T20:13:58Z 2009-05-19T20:23:59Z anita.havele anita.havele@web3d.org Metaverse U Conference will be held at Stanford University, CA from May 29-30, 2009. The purpose of this conference is to define a strategy for advancing open source platforms and explore their potential in a broad variety of contexts, including scientific research, education, private enterprise, and cultural programming. The Metaverse U conference will explore the cutting edge applications of virtual worlds and the open platforms that drive them.  There will be a free live video stream during the conference. For more information please visit: http://metaverse.stanford.edu

This version enhances the overall usability of the player. New improvements also include… ]]> tag:web3d.org,2009:/1.800 2009-05-05T15:11:33Z 2009-05-06T17:13:35Z anita.havele anita.havele@web3d.org Early Registration ends May15, 2009
14th International Symposium on 3D Web Technology
June 16 - 17, 2009 hosted by Fraunhofer IGD, Darmstadt, Germany - Sponsored by ACM SIGGRAPH -In cooperation with Eurographics and Web3D Consortium.
To register please visit: http://www.web3d2009.org/registration.

The annual Web3D Symposium is a major event, which unites researchers, developers, experimenters, and content creators in a dynamic learning environment. Attendees share and explore methods of using, enhancing, and creating new 3D web and multimedia technologies, such as X3D, VRML, COLLADA, Croquet, MPEG4, Java3D, and… ]]> tag:web3d.org,2009:/1.799 2009-05-04T14:11:01Z 2009-05-04T14:17:02Z James Riordon hosting@outofcontrol.ca MeshLab an open source, portable, and extensible system for the processing and editing of unstructured 3D triangular meshes has added X3D import and export and VRML import support. The system is aimed to help the processing of the typical not-so-small unstructured models arising in 3D scanning, providing a set of tools for editing, cleaning, healing, inspecting, rendering and converting this kind of meshes.

TCNI has joined the Web3D Consortium to participate in X3D development to leverage the use of open standards in their products. Through the incorporation of X3D technologies TCNI plans to bring innovative product delivery to our military and commercial customers, and help address issues typically seen in legacy solutions.

TCNI is a 100% Veteran-owned business that was established in 1996 as a systems and software engineering… ]]> tag:web3d.org,2009:/1.794 2009-02-26T16:37:46Z 2009-02-27T00:03:47Z anita.havele anita.havele@web3d.org Web3D Consortium members and guest are cordially invited to participate in our Members/Outreach meeting, to be held at NASA Ames Research Center - Bldg 943 Eagle Room in Moffett Field, California on Wednesday March 4th 2009 from Noon to 5:30 PM.

The meeting will feature presentations by Web3D technologists and members of the Web3D Consortium, and a X3D Plugfest.  Our invited guest speaker is Jay Cee Straley from Sprint, who will present us his insight on Web3D technology and standards for the mobile platform. There is no charge for members and invited guests to attend. Lunch and light… ]]> tag:web3d.org,2009:/1.791 2009-02-10T21:06:58Z 2009-02-11T19:27:59Z anita.havele anita.havele@web3d.org The Extensible 3D (X3D) Graphics standard has many capabilities. X3D components are modular collections of nodes that make it easier for software to gradually implement the full range of X3D capabilities. Authors can also indicate what components are needed in an X3D scene in order to ensure that proper support is provided at run time.
The Player table records support for the official X3D components by each of the various X3D Players.
The Tool table records support for the official X3D components by each of the various… ]]> tag:web3d.org,2009:/1.789 2009-02-07T12:52:00Z 2009-02-07T19:40:01Z anita.havele anita.havele@web3d.org Web3D Consortium members are cordially invited to participate in our next X3D Earth Working Group meeting, to be held at the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute in Moss Landing, California on Thursday and Friday, March 5th and 6th 2009. Attendance is open to Web3D Consortium Members, and invited guests, and is subject to the predeclaration, safe-haven requirements of the Web3D Consortium Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy. Preference will be given to those who have submitted short papers offering solutions to the two nascent problems the working group has identified:
Problem #1: Requirement for a single GeoOrigin.
Problem… ]]> tag:web3d.org,2009:/1.788 2009-01-27T20:57:52Z 2009-01-28T03:07:53Z anita.havele anita.havele@web3d.org The Web3D Consortium announces that The MITRE Corporation’s Center for Advanced Aviation System Development (CAASD) has joined the Web3D Consortium as a Directing Member to assist in developing and maturing the X3D specification. MITRE works in the public interest by operating Federally-Funded Research and Development Centers (FFRDCs) for the U.S. Department of Defense, the Federal Aviation Administration, as well as the Internal Revenue System and U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.  FFRDCs address long-term problems of considerable complexity, analyze technical questions with a high degree of objectivity, and provide creative and cost-effective solutions to government problems.
By joining Web3D as… ]]> tag:web3d.org,2009:/1.784 2009-01-05T14:43:43Z 2009-01-05T20:44:44Z James Riordon hosting@outofcontrol.ca The Edusim project is bringing 3D virtual learning environments into the classroom by leveraging Open source Cobalt and the classroom interactive whiteboard for direct manipulation of 3D virtual learning worlds. Edusim is a slimmed down verion of the core Open Cobalt Metaverse Project. Cobalt - Edusim is a 3D multi-user virtual world platform and authoring toolkit intended for your classroom interactive whiteboard (but equally powerful on the students laptop or desktop computers !). Cobalt - Edusim has been tested and works on the Smartboard, Activeboard, Interwriter, Polyvision, Mimio, eBeam, and even the Wiimote Whiteboard. Edusim is extendable allowing multiple classrooms… ]]> tag:web3d.org,2008:/1.780 2008-12-10T17:33:49Z 2008-12-13T00:44:50Z James Riordon hosting@outofcontrol.ca SenseGraphics is proud to announce the availability of SenseGraphics H3DAPI version 2.0. SenseGraphics H3DAPI is used for the development of simulator- and other multi-modal applications using force-feedback devices from SensAble, ForceDimension, Moog and Novint. Since its introduction to the public in 2005, the H3DAPI has been used by companies, universities and research institutes to create or add the simulation of touch to their applications. Built on the industry standards OpenGL and X3D, H3DAPI enables rapid application development using X3D and Python alone. More major projects have been developed by extending H3DAPI capabilities with C++. The improved H3DAPI 2.0 now builds… ]]> tag:web3d.org,2008:/1.727 2008-12-03T10:30:08Z 2009-01-05T20:39:09Z anita.havele anita.havele@web3d.org Web3D Consortium is announcing its first SIGGRAPH Asia 2008 participation (Dec 10-13) in Singapore.
Web3D Consortium will extend the horizons of innovation and excellence in 3D graphics to the Asian community. This year the consortium celebrates its 10th anniversary with a bigger presence in the 3D graphics industry. Visit them in the Machinima Booth #D12 and see the progress of this evolving standard and X3D/VRML innovations. While in Singapore Web Consortium will also be presenting at VRCAI 2008, National University of Singapore, Nanyang Technological University and Machinima Symposium.
… ]]> tag:web3d.org,2008:/1.661 2008-11-20T00:11:41Z 2009-01-09T00:15:42Z anita.havele anita.havele@web3d.org This book is devoted to both SVG and X3D as a new and universal means of visualizing information. It presents the state-of-the-art research emerging in this novel area and introduces SVG and X3D fundamentals and leading authoring tools. The key topics covered include: - The foundations of SVG and X3D - Data, information, knowledge and network visualization - Advanced and distributed user interfaces - Visualizing metadata and the Semantic Web - Visual interfaces to Web services - New trends and paradigms in publishing and Interactive TV - Displaying geographically referenced data and chemical structures - Advanced use of Adobe Illustrator… ]]>