X3D: Extensible 3D Graphics for Web Authors (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive 3D Technology)
TITLE : X3D: Extensible 3D Graphics for Web Authors (The Morgan Kaufmann Series in Interactive 3D Technology) (Paperback)
AUTHOR : by Don Brutzman (Author), Leonard Daly (Author)
PUBLISHER : Morgan Kaufmann publisher
ISBN : 012088500X
EDITION : 1st
PUB DATE : April 13, 2007
LANGUAGE : English
In the early days of the Web a need was recognized for a language to
display 3D objects through a browser. An HTML-like language, VRML, was
proposed in 1994 and became the standard for describing interactive 3D
objects and worlds on the Web. 3D Web courses were started, several
best-selling books were published, and VRML continues to be used today.
However VRML, because it was based on HTML, is a stodgy language that is
not easy to incorporate with other applications and has been difficult
to add features to. Meanwhile, applications for interactive 3D graphics
have been exploding in areas such as medicine, science, industry, and
entertainment. There is a strong need for a set of modern Web-based
technologies, applied within a standard extensible framework, to enable
a new generation of modeling & simulation applications to emerge,
develop, and interoperate. X3D is the next generation open standard for
3D on the web. It is the result of several years of development by the
Web 3D Consortium’s X3D Task Group. Instead of a large monolithic
specification (like VRML), which requires full adoption for compliance,
X3D is a component-based architecture that can support applications
ranging from a simple non-interactive animation to the latest streaming
or rendering applications. X3D replaces VRML, but also provides
compatibility with existing VRML content and browsers. Don Brutzman
organized the first symposium on VRML and is playing a similar role with
X3D; he is a founding member of the consortium. Len Daly is a
professional member of the consortium and both Len and Don have been
involved with the development of the standard from the start.
* The first book on the new way to present interactive 3D content over
the Web, written by two of the designers of the standard
* Plentiful illustrations and screen shots in the full color text
* Companion website with extensive content, including the X3D
specification, sample code and applications, content creation tools, and
demos of compatible Web browsers
URL: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/012088500X/
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