Web3D Ecosystem and the Metaverse
News & Features
2022 Jul 2
Join the Web3D Consortium at our Virtual Siggraph 2022 Birds of the Feather(BOF) session on July 26th from 9:00 AM - 10:30 AM Pacific, for a discussion on how Web3D technology contributes to the Metaverse.
2022 Jul 1
Papers submission deadline extended to July 30th, 2002. Join your fellow 3D Graphics technologists at the Web3D 2022 Conference(in-person and on-line) Nov 2-4, 2022 in Evry(Paris), France, as we share and discuss how Web3D innovations contribute to the Metaverse. This year's theme is "Connected 3D Universes" providing new visions on how an unified Metaverse may become a game-changer for the future of 3D communication and the role Web3D technologies will play. Learn and Share your latest 3D work! We welcome all topics related to Web/mobile 3D content creation, publishing technology, tools, Virtual worlds, Metaverse and related studies.
Web3D 2022 Conference, 2-4 November 2022 (In-person and Virtual) - Evry(Paris), France.
2022 Jun 30
The Metaverse Standards Forum provides a unique opportunity to achieve secure, collaborative (interoperable), durable, and pervasive Mixed-Reality content. The Web3D Consortium members bring decades of prior research into 3D graphics interoperability and WWW ecosystem standardizations; integration with ISO-IEC Extensible 3D (X3D) Version 4 will bring quick wins that catalyze new value and provide crucial assurances for Metaverse creators and participants.
We hope the Metaverse Standards Forum will bring together standards organizations and industry partners and their decades of research to manif
2022 Jun 5
Web3D Consortium's position paper on the confusion with the term ‘Metaverse’ and the key issues that have kept the Metaverse from manifesting the last two decades: user experience and corporate cooperation.
With this position paper, Web3D Consortium seeks to address this confusion by exploring the history of the ‘Metaverse’ that has led us to our current state, providing a workable definition of the term ‘Metaverse’, and providing a vision for its sustainable, cooperative constructio
2022 Apr 10
Share your latest 3D work! Join your fellow 3D Graphics technologists peers by contributing your scientific innovation, technical development or artistic accomplishments!
The 27th International Conference on 3D Web Technology will be held from Nov 2-4, 2022 in a hybrid format (in-person and online). We welcome all topics related to Web/mobile 3D content creation, publishing technology, tools, Virtual worlds, Metaverse and related studies. sponsored by ACM SIGGRAPH, in-Cooperation with the Web3D Consortium, hosted by Institut Mines-Telecom, Paris, France
2022 Jan 31
X3D version 4.0 ISO Committee Draft has been approved by ISO. The latest X3D® version 4 (X3D4) Architecture Specification is a major upgrade to the Extensible 3D (X3D) Graphics International Standard that provides close support for the HTML5 Recommendation, Khronos glTF Physically Based Rendering (PBR), and Web Audio API.
X3D 4.0 ISO Committee Draft has been approved. Ballot for X3D version 4 Draft International Standard (DIS) is expected to occur June 2022.
2022 Jan 19
Web3D Consortium had another successful year with new collaborators and proven allies to venture the crossroads of 3D on the Web. From new members to successful outreach and continued development of our Standards, there has never been a better time to engage with the Web3D Consortium and to build out new dimensions for 3D graphics on the World Wide Web. This report highlights some of our 2021 activities! Be an influencer, get involved, join this innovative global 3D community.
Web3D Consortium 2021 Annual Report
2021 Nov 3
From Virtual Reality to Web publishing, Web3D 2021 conference brings together experts from the fields of medicine, AR/VR, Digital Twins, and Design, Printing and Scanning to discuss the future of Web3D, identify barriers, and find common denominators to advance this technology. Join us as we explore the many applications and benefits of publishing 3D in the WWW ecosystem!
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2021 Feb 27
Web3D Consortium announces Versar, Inc. joining as a Directing Member taking a leadership role in developing open solutions using X3D. As Web3D distribution channels mature, there is considerable interest in improving the handling of interactive 3D using X3D4 Graphics Standard capabilities as the public-facing presentation layer. This convergence is exciting with the recent government contract to Swift River Versar JV to reduce the effects of land corrosion at U.S. Naval facilities. We welcome Versar to the Web3D community.
February 22, 2021 (Newswire.com) - By joining the Web3D Consortium as a directing member Versar, Inc. continues pursuing its mission of both preservation and access by providing sustainable solutions in construction and environment domains. Versar, Inc.
2021 Feb 23
Web3D and Khronos have signed a liaison agreement to cooperatively advance their standards to support Web-based 3D visualization, modeling and streaming. This agreement formalizes the mutual interest of the two organizations to build cohesive ecosystems of related technology standards including X3D and glTF.
Great Projects by our Members
The Most Widely Used Formats
X3DOM... 3D Without Plugins
X3D and VRML