I havent seen this announcement posted here yet, so... On Feb 24 (During VRML99) Platinum announced they are giving their VRML software to the Web3D Consortium for release as open source software. The full press release is at: http://www.platinum.com/press/1999/open3d.htm It says they will release: Cosmo Worlds 3D authoring tool Cosmo Player Web browser plug-in Cosmo PageFX � a tool for designing depth, motion, and interactivity in Web graphics Cosmo Code � an advanced visual development toolset for Java WorldView � a high-performance VRML 97 plug-in for viewing 3D environments on the Web WorldView for Developers � an ActiveX component that brings the power of the WorldView platform to Windows application developers The intervista pages (http://www.intervista.com/new/3dpublic.html) discuss the support issues. It also says: >The products affected by this announcement are: Cosmo Player, Cosmo Worlds, Cosmo >PageFX, Cosmo Code, PLATINUM VRCreator, WorldView, and WorldView for Developers. >Details of the program will be announced by May 31, 1999. Note the inclusion of VRCreator, which was not mentioned in the press release. Since most of this is probably C/C++ code, I'm not sure what the direct effect will be on the java3d community. It would be really really nice if Cosmo's view control stuff made its way into a Java3D implmentation. ============= Jerry Isdale email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ISX Corporation phone: (818)706-2020 4353 Park Terrace Drive fax: (818)735-6895 Westlake Village, CA 91361 web: http://www.isdale.com/jerry http://www.isdale.com/jerry/VR http://www.vrnews.com ����������������������� To subscribe/unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Java 3D Home Page: http://java.sun.com/products/java-media/3D/
