X3D News Archive March 2008
Mar 28, 2008
GOT X3D? Calling All Creators of X3D Content!
Web3D Consortium is looking for your best X3D or VRML content and innovation to share to the world at our “Siggraph 2008 Web3D Tech Talk” this summer. Wednesday, August 13, 2008 from 3:30 - 5:30 PM in Los Angeles, CA.
If you have cool and innovative cross platform X3D content contributing to the advancement of 3D Hypermedia technologies on the Web, you may be invited to be a speaker to discuss and demonstrate your products. You will have 10 minutes to present your work and the tools used going from your concept to the final product. Send us your proposal by May 30, 2008.
Participation is open to all interested consortium members. Prospective presenters are invited to submit their proposal for review to the Web3D consortium selection committee. Submission must include a brief abstract of your presentation, 1 page summary of your X3D content/innovation, a link to your X3D content or screen shots and a preliminary slide set of your presentation not exceeding 10 minutes.
Siggraph 2008 Web3D booth partners will be offered to present at this Web3D Tech Talk as part of the booth partnership offernings.
Important Dates:
May 30: Submit your X3D content and Presentation to Web3D Tech Talk.
June 20: Formal jury selection by a select panel of X3D experts and judges.
June 25: Acceptances announced to submitters.
July 14-31: Final Preparations and virtual rehearsals.
August 11: Rehearsal in L.A. (evening).
August 13: Talk Time!
Our 2006 and 2007 Web3D Tech Talk events were a big success. Check out our Siggraph 2007 Web3D Tech Talk podcast. We plan to build a podcast this year too. More Information will be available at: Web3D Tech Talk(coming soon).
We may also be able to exhibit your X3D content/products in our Web3D booth at Siggraph 2008, August 12-14, time and space permitting. For more information please contact our Executive Director.
Please note this year the 2008 Web3D Symposium will be held right before (and co-located with) SIGGRAPH 2008 on Aug 9th and Aug 10th. More information at 2008 Web3D Symposium.
Mar 28, 2008
Web3D Consortium invites you to be our technology partners at Siggraph 2008 held in Los Angeles from Aug 11-15th, 2008.
As in the past years, Web3D consortium will provide our members the opportunity to exhibit their technologies in our booth at Siggraph 2008. Our intent is to ensure each Web3D Consortium member organization the ability to gain access to the attending audience, showcase their products and maintain their competitive position. With 2008 being our 10th anniversary, we are having a bigger presence at the conference with a great location, enhancing our organization’s visibility.
Web3D booth partners will also be offered to present at our Siggrpagh 2008 Web3D Tech Talk , August 13 3:30 to 5:30 PM as part of the booth partnership offernings. Booth partnership is available to all Web3D consortium members.
If you need more information on joing the Web3D Consortium or being our Siggraph 2008 booth partner please contact our Executive Director.
Please note this year the 2008 Web3D Symposium will be held right before (and co-located with) SIGGRAPH 2008 on Aug 9th and Aug 10th. More information at Web3D Symposium.
Mar 25, 2008
The Web3D 2008 International Symposium will be co-located with SIGGRAPH 2008 in Los Angeles, California, USA - Aug 9 and 10, 2008.
The Symposium will address wide range of topics covering 3D Hypermedia on the Web. 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, or creating new 3D Web and Multimedia technologies, such as (but not limited to) X3D, VRML, COLLADA, Croquet, MPEG4, MPEG7, Java3D, and Canvas3D. The symposium will also focus on recent trends such as interactive 3D graphics and applications on mobile devices.
Authors are invited to submit their work (short or full papers) for review by the international Program Committee. Both research and applications papers are of interest to Web3D 2008. The papers must be innovative and contribute to the advancement of 3D Multimedia technologies on the Web. Full papers of up to 9 pages (including figures and references) or short papers of up to 4 pages (including figures and references) in PDF format can be submitted via the Symposium Submission Site. Accepted papers will appear in the Symposium Proceedings, published by ACM Press. Additional information on submission can be found at http://www.web3d.org/conferences/web3d2008/call/
IMPORTANT Dates:
April 7: Web3D Papers Submission deadline
May 21: Accept/Reject notifications go out to authors
June 4: Camera ready submissions to ACM for publication
Mar 21, 2008
The high-tech IDC Consortium invites you to select a program on i3D (interactive 3D) visualization technology solutions.
The i3D Symposium, will be April 8 – 11, 2008 in Florence, South Carolina and is sponsored by multiple high-tech leaders, where an array of speakers from across the globe will present leading-edge developments in this technology that are truly exciting and stimulating.
The program is held at a remarkable and new, one-of-a-kind facility – the 3D/Virtual Reality Interactive Digital Center, located within the Southeastern Institute of Manufacturing and Technology (SiMT). You will observe the latest 3D interactive technologies in action and see how today’s learner can become immersed in the learning environment. You will experience how this technology truly changes the way learning takes place! You will also see various products brought to life visually and interactively!
A 3 hour afternoon only meeting on April 9th at the SIMT (Southeastern Institute of Manufacturing and Technology), a remarkable new facility located on the Florence-Darlington Technical College campus. South Carolina legislators and FDTC leadership created this facility to enhance economic development for the region specifically for manufacturing and technology. This afternoon i3D Symposium on Interactive Product Content Management (IPCM) is designed for industry and focuses on the revolutionary impact of using “smart” digitized product content or product replicas and the resulting value for your company to interactively and visually configure, demonstrate, plan and support your products.
Mar 07, 2008
Web3D Consortium members Nicholas F. Polys, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Don Brutzman, Naval Postgraduate School and Johannes Behr, Fraunhofer IGD along with Anthony Steed, University College London will be presenting a workshop on Future Standards for Immersive VR , at the IEEE Virtual Reality 2008 on Sunday March 9th, 8:30am - 12:00pm noon in Reno, Nevada, USA. This paper is also published in the March/April 2008 issue of IEEE Computer Graphics and Applications.
The motivation for this workshop was to create shared understanding between the Virtual Reality (VR) and Web3D communities. This workshop builds on recent progress and convergence between the VR and Web3D communities. In addition to many common requirements such as geometry, lighting, animation, and interaction/direct manipulation, and networked resources, these communities are both faced with the challenges and costs of re-use. The current paradox between high hardware power but low VR adoption is a result of the high cost of creating and deploying digital assets. By specifying and adopting standards, and insuring conformance among software, content can be portable, interoperable, durable, and full-featured.
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