X3D News Archive April 2005
Apr 22, 2005
Jewel of Indra is the first adults only 3D chat community situated in immersive VRML and X3D 3D environments. The underlying premise of Jewel of Indra is geared toward helping people feel comfortable with their sexual exploration. Beautiful artwork, an easy to use interface and international availability makes it easy for people to connect around the globe for flirting, companionship, thought-provoking chat, and play. This is a portal to all things adult, sexual and naughty. The site is a blend of Classic VRML with X3D extensions as well as some games within the community that are entirely X3D.
Apr 20, 2005
This tutorial shows how to use the SAI for changing and building X3D environments. It provides examples of modifying a X3D environment from outside the environment, similar to VRML97’s EAI code, and examples of modifying a X3D environment from inside the environment, similar to VRML97’s JSAI code. Topics include: How to add a 3D window to your application, how to handle URLs, how to change a field value (e.g. color), how to create simulations dynamically node by node, how to listen for field changes so that your application can respond to what’s going on in the 3D simulation, sending messages to nodes, searching the scenegraph and using time sensors.
Apr 20, 2005
In this virtual tour the user is able to navigate through actual rooms in Taylor Hall, an academic building on the campus of The College of Wooster that contains the Computer Science, Mathematics, and Physics departments. They have been modeled in 3D using the X3D format. To move from room to room the user simply clicks on the doorknob of a door to enter the next room. Plaques hanging next to doorways links to faculty and department web pages.
Apr 20, 2005
Media Machines, the developer of the FLUX platform for enabling X3D real-time 3D communication has acquired Virtock Technologies, the developer of the Vizx3D X3D authoring and publishing tool for the Web. Future versions of Vizx3D will be integrated with the Flux platform to provide an end-to-end industrial-strength, open development platform that competes effectively on price and features with the other real-time 3D tools for creating games, animations, presentations, training applications, web sites, and immersive environments.
Apr 18, 2005
FeViaduct is a general purpose structural analysis program for the finite element method. It has rod and beam elements in 2 and 3 dimensions. For plane stress and strain analysis it has linear, quadratic and cubic triangle and quadrilateral elements. For 3D analysis it has linear, quadratic and cubic Lagrangian and Serendipity elements for tetrahedra and bricks. The recent v1.1 add export of 3D animated VRML or X3D files that demonstrate the displacement results of the finite element analysis.
Apr 14, 2005
The Digital Universe is a network of immersive, advertising-free portals. It uses the ManyOne Browser, derived from the Mozilla browser code which intends to provide Playstation class mutlimedia over the web. The browser currently supports HTML, Flash, Shockwave, and X3D (via Flux) for interactive 3D immersive content.
Apr 07, 2005
This alpha 2 version of the X3D exporter from Studio Max versions 5-7 supports both .x3dv (classic VRML) encodings and .x3d (XML) encoding of X3D scenes. The plug-in exporter also supports multitexturing and a simple load sensor. The author is seeking additional feedback from Max users.
Apr 07, 2005
FreeWRL is an open-source VRML and X3D browser for Mac OS X and Linux. The new V1.11 release features rendering speed improvements in scenes with many Shape nodes and enhanced X3D parsing and rendering.
Apr 04, 2005
Bitmanagement is a long-time supporter of the X3D standardization effort and is now joining the Consortium to take an active role in influencing the evolution of this ISO standard that integrates the delivery of real-time 3D graphics with the power of XML on the Web. Bitmanagements efforts will help insure that X3D becomes an ever more pervasive and reliable platform for real-time 3D applications.
Apr 04, 2005
Modo is a real-time subdivision surface engine, modeling tools and a flexible user interface. The new evaluation version for Mac OS X and Windows is free and fully functional. It includes an X3D exporter.
Apr 03, 2005
Over 70 international delegates are attending the four day Web3D 2005 Symposium at the Centre for Advanced Software Technology to hear more about the latest technical advances in 3D technologies from leading experts such as keynote speaker Martin Reddy of Pixar Animation Studios (Toy Story and Monsters Inc.). Symposium organizer Professor Nigel John: “Some really exciting developments in 3D technologies including web services, programming languages and mobile applications, are being described at the Symposium and the hands-on tutorial streams. 3D is a powerful and fast growing format for web technology, it has so many applications, from being able to display your product in 3D on your website to being used to aid surgical procedures, to the kind of animation that we all enjoy in films by Pixar and other leading computer animation houses”.
If you couldn’t attend the Web3D 2005 Symposium, check out the “Photo Report”
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