Check out http://www.blender.nl/index_community.php for an interesting free
tool (and business model).
Uses Python scripting.
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Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 7:49 AM
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Subject: Re: [JAVA3D] WildTangent wins Sony cash for Web games - Tech
News -CNET.com
Brad Schrick wrote:
> These guys seem to be using Web 3D, nee VRML, for their game platform.
$34M third round.
No they don't. They have their own proprietary format. Their modelling
tool allows the import of VRML97 but that is not the native format.
Their format support streamed geometry and a few other bits.
WildTangent is a lot simpler than even VRML. It doesn't support the
concepts of prototypes or inlining of other content. However it supports
the ability to have no background on the scene so that you get the 3D
blended over the current web browser (I don't think it supports that
when run in other applications like Winamp though).
Relative to Java3D, it is not very flexible. It is not designed for
writing custom applications. Doesn't run on anything except PC and it
looks like they'll be doing some sort of embedded OS support for the
phones. Consider it to be like Flash. You can do some stuff, it looks
pretty, but you wouldn't write a commercial application using it.
--
Justin Couch http://www.vlc.com.au/~justin/
Freelance Java Consultant http://www.yumetech.com/
Author, Java 3D FAQ Maintainer http://www.j3d.org/
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