Open Standards for Real-Time 3D Communication

May 30, 2007

Test Suite Available to Consortium Members and General Public; First Conforming Browser Products Now Shipping

May 23, 2007

Bitmanagement Software GmbH and Spatial View Inc. have thus decided on a close cooperation in the fields of development and distribution, affecting both existing and upcoming products as well as collaboration on projects. This is leading to interesting new advancements in 3D-display technologies, which in turn, are naturally demanding suitable 3D based software.

Apr 19, 2007

Two standardization organizations initiate cooperation to accelerate market adoption of pervasive connected 3D; Initial focus is synergy between X3D and COLLADA.

Mar 29, 2007

The Web3D Consortium announced that the Telemedicine and Advanced Technology and Research Center (http://www.tatrc.org), part of the U.S. Army Medical Research and Material Command (USAMRMC), has awarded the Consortium a second round of funding totaling $150,000 for the "Development of an Amendment to X3D to Create a Standard Specification of Medical Image Volume Rendering, Segmentation and Registration."

Mar 27, 2007

Twelfth in the series -- The Web3D 2007 International Symposium, April 15th - 19th in Perugia, Umbria, Italy, will address a wide range of topics about 3D and Multimedia on the Web Topics include languages, tools, rendering techniques, human-computer interaction, mobile devices and innovative applications.

Dec 19, 2006

The Open Geospatial Consortium, Inc. (OGC) and the Web3D Consortium signed a memorandum of understanding to work together to cooperatively advance standards to support web-based 3D visualization, modeling and simulation.

Aug 01, 2006

The X3D Revision submitted to the ISO for approval represents a significant advance in layering & overlays, physics, particle systems, smooth motion, and picking, enabling 3D simulations and web applications to implement features traditionally found only in high-level gaming systems. All features have been tested in real world applications, and been reviewed by hundreds of developers, before being incorporated into the revision.

Jul 25, 2006

The Web3D Consortium today announced the X3D Conformance Testing Program for the X3D Interchange Profile. The Conformance Testing Program is intended to promote consistent and reliable implementations of the X3D specification by many vendors across multiple platforms. This consistency will help drive rapid evaluation, deployment and acceptance of the X3D standard for real-time interactive 3D visualization.

Jul 05, 2006

Using "plug in free" X3D technology in Demicron's WireFusion, NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory's PlanetQuest web site is providing visitors with a unique opportunity to interactively explore the Milky Way galaxy. Product Visualization Services worked with NASA to create a platform-independent interactive 3D visualization and multimedia "3D Guide to the Galaxy" that can be navigated in real-time over the Web.

Jun 09, 2006

Octaga AS, a major provider of authoring and viewing tools for X3D and MPEG-4 ISO standards, and Demicron AB, a leading developer of interactive Java-based rich media solutions for the Web, have joined the Web3D Consortium to assist in developing and promoting the X3D specification. The Web3D Consortium will showcase these technologies as well as other commercial and open source X3D projects at the SIGGRAPH 2006 Tech Talks.