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BOX OF X3D - Web3D Consortium’s Monthly News Brief
2020 Oct 7
Web3D Consortium continues its mission to promote open interactive 3D through advancements to draft ISO standard X3D4. Our community is implementing business-critical 3D applications, adopting many related 3D technologies and trends. Every month we curate multiple topics to help provide clarity around the future of X3D graphics and it’s ecosystem. We begin with X3D Version 4.0.

October 2020 Highlights: 

X3D Version 4 – Integrating X3D into HTML5.

Web3D 2020 Virtual Conference 9-13 November 2020.

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Web3D Consortium showcases new technology and applications at SIGGRAPH 2020
2020 Aug 20
SIGGRAPH 2020 will be held online.The Web3D Consortium and its members will exhibit and present the latest innovations in interactive Web3D, specifically the new X3D4 specification. X3D4 has a new generation of features for better integration with HTML5 and the Semantic Web, gltf and Physically-Based Rendering, and WebAudio. Visit us in our virtual booth.
Bookmark the conference page for the latest updates.   https://s2020.siggraph.org
X3D support in CADEXchanger
2020 Aug 14
CADExchanger SDK 3.8.1, new version supports not only export but also import of X3D. Now it's possible to view and explore the files and convert them to VRML, OBJ, STL, and many other formats.

X3D support in CADExchanger SDK 3.8.1: new version supports not only export but also import of X3D.
    Now possible to view and explore the files and convert them to VRML, OBJ, STL, and many other formats.

X3Dv4 Draft Specification available to public now!
2020 Aug 3
X3Dv4 implementations are under way. X3D® Version 4 (X3Dv4) is a major upgrade to the Extensible 3D (X3D) Graphics International Standard that provides close support for the HTML5 Recommendation. X3Dv4 (WD2) draft specification is available to public now!

Update!  Please see Working Draft 2 (WD2) release 3 August 2020.

The Web3D Consortium's release page and 

Web3D Member Meeting and X3D Webinar Series, 3-6 August 2020
2020 Jul 18
Starting with our Web3D member meeting,Web3D consortium announces a series of Webinars. Register Now!

News: this event is complete and online!  Please see the Web3D Webinars for these great sessions.

Web3D 2020 Virtual Conference 9-13 November - CFP Deadline 27 July 2020
2020 Jul 1
Web3D 2020 Virtual Conference 9-13 November 2020 CALL FOR PARTICIPATION - Paper and Poster Deadline July 27, 2020
It’s our 25th anniversary don’t miss this opportunity to share and learn real-time interactive 3D at Web3D 2020.  Paper and Poster Submission Deadline 27July 2020.  
Newsletter Spring 2020
2020 Jun 15
The Consortium's Spring 2020 Newsletter is available. It contains stories and reports from activities and events. The Web3D Consortium regularly publishes a newsletter covering major Consortium events and news.
The Sprint 2020 Newsletter has been published and distributed.
New project templates in the Castle Game Engine editor
2020 May 31
Castle Game Engine editor now has four new templates: Empty, 2D game, 3D FPS game, 3D model viewer.

 

New project templates in the Castle Game Engine editor

 Click “New Project” in the Castle Game Engine editor for 4 new useful templates:

SYVE by Synergy_SSD a X3D multi user collaboration platform that captures complex 3D spatial scenarios.
2020 May 13
SYVE by Web3D Member Synergy_SSD is a collaboration platform that enables multiple users to capture and describe complex spatial scenarios.

SYVE by Synergy_SSD

X3D Quickstart Tutorial video online
2020 Apr 22
X3D Quick Start 2020 (three hours total!) provides X3D Introduction and Technology Overview, X3D Ecosystem, X3D Applications and X3D Authoring.

Nicholas Polys

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