The Web3D Consortium members have reached a milestone in efforts to continue extending the Extensible 3D (X3D) International Standard. Working group efforts to define and develop X3D version 4 have made excellent progress, continuing the evolution of open, royalty free ISO standards for 3D graph
Press Releases
2013 Dec 2
Web3D Consortium elevates extension efforts for X3D in HTML5. It will be based on the X3DOM prototype with backwards compatibility with existing X3D V3.x content.
2013 Jul 17
Web3D member, Bitmanagement Software launches BS Content Studio (beta) at Siggraph 2013 in Anaheim, USA.
New authoring tool allows 3D developers for easy and fast creation of 3D scenes and applications / New graphical interface export to X3Dom with WebGL working without the need for using plug-in’s and is supported by BS content studio / 3D plug-in’s still to be applied in MS Internet Explorer on Wi
2013 Jul 17
Amazing innovative X3D solutions for HTML5 and the 3D Web will be presented at SIGGRAPH 2013 in BoFs, Tech Talk, and the Exhibition.
SIGGRAPH 2013 in Anaheim, California July 21-25 is the largest annual conference for computer graphics.
2013 Jun 13
The 18th annual International Web3D Conference will showcase X3D. The program includes paper presentations, tutorials, workshops and our ever popular Web3D Showcase.
Transforming 3D: The 18th Annual Web3D Conference celebrates innovative 3D
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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
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.
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
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 .
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.
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.
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X3DOM... 3D Without Plugins
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