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3DPIE Unites Services for Geospatial Visualization
2012 Sep 19
The 3D Portrayal Interoperability Experiment (3DPIE) united OGC and Web3D to successfully test and demonstrate different mechanisms for handling 3D geodata using open standards-based formats and services.

The Web3D Consortium is proud to have contributed to an important effort by the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC).  The 3D Portrayal Interoperability Experiment (3DPIE) unites and successfully tests and demonstrates different mechanisms for the 3D portrayal, delivery, and exploitation of geodata b

X3D Expands to Support Medical and Volume Visualization
2012 Jul 30
X3D is evolving to include support for medical and volume 3D visualization, user-customizable units, and refinements to the Geospatial component.

The EXtensible 3D Graphics standard X3D (http://www.web3d.org/realtime-3d/x3d/what-x3d) continues to evolve include more capabilities and improve the clarity and consistency of its specifications.

X3D: Revolutionizing 3D in HTML5 at SIGGRAPH
2012 Jul 27
Visit Web3D events at SIGGRAPH and see how you can interact with 3D content using the Web.

At this year’s SIGGRAPH 2012 in Los Angeles CA, Aug 6-10 (http://www.siggraph.org/s2012/), the largest annual conference for computer graphics, the Web3D Consortium (http://www.web3d.org/x3d) will showcase the bro

Revolutionizing 3D: The 17th Annual Web3D Conference celebrates milestone of 3D innovation
2012 Jul 27
Researchers, developers, and creators meet in Los Angeles to demonstrate interoperable 3D systems.

The Seventeenth annual International Web3D Conference (http://www.web3d2012.org) will be held on Aug 4 and 5, 2012 at the LA Convention center, Los Angeles, California USA .

Virginia Tech - Latest Directing Member
2012 Mar 19
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University advances it’s Web3D Consortium Membership to Directing Member

The Web3D Consortium is pleased to announce that Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech), has advanced its Web3D Consortium membership level to Directing Member.

BS Contact 8.0 Released
2011 Dec 21
Bitmanagement has released a new BS Contact version 8.000 as announced during summer. Thank you for your feedback as beta testers.

Speed and memory improvements such as X3D binary geometry compression, script sharing, geometry instancing, a new BS SDK update and many more features result in the best BS Contact ever.

Fall 2011 Newsletter Published
2011 Sep 15
The Consortium's Fall 2011 Newsletter is available. It contains stories and reports from SIGGRAPH 2011.

The Web3D Consortium regularly publishes a newsletter covering major Consortium events and news. The Fall 2011 Newsletter has been published and distributed. If you would like to receive our newsletter in email, please sign up.

Declarative 3D: Community Group Leads Real-time 3D + Web Rationalization
2011 Aug 5
The Web3D Consortium has joined forces with the W3C and Khronos standards organizations to launch an open Community Group chartered to examine the requirements, options, and use cases for an integration of interactive 3D graphics capabilities into the W3C technology stack.

Platforms for 3D delivery over the web have been evolving for almost two decades.

X3D: 3D Anywhere at SIGGRAPH 2011
2011 Aug 5
At this year’s SIGGRAPH 2011 in Vancouver, Aug 7-12, the largest annual conference for computer graphics, the Web3D Consortium will showcase the broad impacts of its latest release of royalty-free International Standards for 3D graphics over the web.

At this year's SIGGRAPH 2011 in Vancouver, Aug 7-12 (http://www.siggraph.org/s2011/), the largest annual conference for computer graphics, the Web3D Consortium (http://www.web3d.org/x3d) will showcase the broad im

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