Joachim Diepstraten wrote: >Hi > > > >>incarnation of VRML called X3D will be unveiled at Siggraph. The Xj3D >>project, www.xj3d.org is a sample implementation of this spec that also >> >> > >I'm not sure if x3d really will start a revival of VRML. Somehow I get the >feeling no one is really interested in X3D, otherwise I can't think why >there isn't even one decent player which can play X3D nativ (nativ means >by not transforming it to VRMLxx). So all the major players in the >IT-business don't seem to care any bit of X3D it seems. > > I'm definately biased, but Xj3D plays X3D content native and I consider it a decent player :)
The X3D spec process definately went south for awhile. Originally the specification was being written by 2-3 people from big companies which imploded. Its taken a big effort to recover from that. Now we have 10 very active participants and a nice draft spec. By Siggraph well have the spec in good shape and ready for folks to implement. I think we've fixed a lot of the problems in the VRML spec and really built a good base to work from. We should have a working model to extend the spec instead of waiting 5 years to modify it. As to big companies supporting it... Siggraph is always the place for that sorta news, stay tuned. -- Alan Hudson President: Yumetech, Inc. http://www.yumetech.com/ Web3D Open Source Chair http://www.web3d.org/TaskGroups/source/ =========================================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help".
