X3D News Archive December 2007
Dec 22, 2007
Bitmanagement announces the release of VRML/X3D viewer BS Contact 7.1., and BS Collaborate Multi-User Server.
The BS Collaborate server is based on Web3D’s proposal for the Networking component (networkSensor). These nodes allow VRML/X3D scenes to connect to arbitrary servers or directly link between two VRML/X3D players. With these nodes one can manipulate virtual objects collaboratively in real time.
Highlights of this new release:
* BS Contact, with it’s new BS Collaborate Server, now supports virtual worlds in which multi-user avatar functionality can be utilized.
* BS Contact is now “multi-lingual”, it supports not only the standard web3D formats X3D and VRML but also COLLADA.
* BS Contact is now interfaced to the high-speed Ageia PhysX engine as well as ODE, to aid in the visualisation of realistic simulations.
* BS Contact now enables the use of Flash in 3D applications with transparency.
* BS Contact with it’s new automated installation mechanism is noticeably easier to load and start.
Many of these new features open the door for more applications and allows users to capitalize on the current trend towards interactive virtual worlds. You can download a test version at: http://www.bitmanagement.com/download/playerdownload.en.html
http://www.bitmanagement.com/documents/Pressemappe/BS_Contact_7.1_E.pdf
http://www.bitmanagement.com
Dec 19, 2007
SIGGRAPH 2007 - Web3D’s “Tech Talk” Podcast
Web3D consortium members demonstrate software and hardware systems and answer questions about how their applications work. These comprehensive summaries of X3D technologies are now available on podcast at movesinstitute.org
Dec 18, 2007
The BS Exporter is updated to work with Blender 2.44 and above.
The Exporter is free including full documentation. New in this release are:
● Python 2.4 and Python 2.5 release
● Updated for Blender 2.44+ and changed deprecated code
● Bugfix: Creating texture subfolder only if textures available
● Bugfix: Working on Linux and MacOS X now
With Wine 0.9.49 (a windows emulation) you can view your exported 3D content on Linux and MacOS X too.
http://my.opera.com/area42/blog/bs-contact-vrml-x3d-on-linux
http://www.bitmanagement.com/products/bs_exporter.en.html
Dec 18, 2007
This presentation from members of the Web3D Consortium, Don Brutzman and Mathias Kolsch, was given at the “W3C Video on the Web Workshop”, held 12-13 December 2007, in San Jose, California, USA and Brussels, Belgium.
Real-time variety of multimedia capabilities, and virtual environments typically include a variety of multimedia capabilities, including videoincluding video. The Extensible 3D (X3D) Graphics is an ISO standard produced by the Web3D Consortium that defines 3D scenes using a scene-graph approach. Multiple X3D file formats and language encodings are available, with a primary emphasis on XML for maximum interoperability with the Web architecture. A large number of functional capabilities are needed and projected for the use of video together with Web-based virtual environments. This paper examines numerous functional requirements for the integrated use of Web-compatible video with 3D.
Three areas of interest are identified: video usage within X3D scenes, linking video external to X3D scenes, and generation of 3D geometry from video. Extensible 3D (X3D) is a Web-based standard for 3D graphics, enabling real-time communication using animation, user interaction and networking.
The point paper lists current and expected requirements, primarily divisible into usage of video within X3D graphics scenes, linkage to video in web-based applications external to X3D graphics scenes, and generation of 3D geometric content from spatially annotated video inputs.
Dec 18, 2007
CALL FOR PAPERS 2008 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium
July 6-11, 2008 * Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A.
On behalf of the IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society, the IGARSS 2008 Organizing Committee, and the New England area remote sensing and earth science communities, we are pleased to welcome you to Boston for IGARSS 2008! IGARSS’08 will be the 28th annual symposium for GRSS and will continue the excellent tradition of gathering world-class scientists, engineers and educators engaged in the fields of geoscience and remote sensing to meet and present their latest activities. Truly an international event, we anticipate well over one thousand participants from all over the world to enjoy a week of technical sessions, tutorials, exhibits and social activities.
Participation in IGARSS is open to all individuals interested in or working in the fields of geoscience and remote sensing. Abstracts received by the deadline will be considered for program placement under the standard peer review process. Late abstracts cannot be accepted due to the large number of submissions and short review schedule. The IEEE IGARSS 2008 Technical Program Committee will organize all accepted abstracts into either oral or interactive poster sessions based upon their potential contribution to the symposium and the composition of high-quality sessions. Attention publishing authors! Only accepted papers that are registered and presented at the symposium in Boston will be published in the symposium proceedings.
For more information visit http://www.igarss08.org
Abstract Submission: http://www.igarss08.org/Papers.asp
** Abstract Submission Deadline January 7, 2008 **
Dec 16, 2007
The NPS MOVES team is proud to announce the beta release of X3D-Edit 3.2.
X3D-Edit is an Extensible 3D Graphics authoring tool for simple error-free editing, authoring and validation of X3D scenes. It is a complete rewrite of version 3.1 using the Java Netbeans platform and Xj3D, all open source.
Tested satisfactorily on Windows and Mac, both standalone and as a plugin for Netbeans users. Linux editing works tho Xj3D refresh is not yet ready. Further development continues with build updates each week. Feedback is welcome, we hope that you enjoy using it.
Dec 12, 2007
MobiX3D 1.0 is a software that allows to interactive visualize 3D models and worlds on PDAs and latest-generation mobile phones. The product is highly customizable and can be employed in different applications, ranging from the visualization of architectural 3D models in mobile tourist guides to the browsing of 3D contents in the field by industrial maintenance workers.
MobiX3D 1.0 supports the ISO X3D standard for 3D content representation. A hardware-accelerated version is also available for some mobile devices equipped with dedicated 3D graphics processor.
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