[thelist] 3D on the web (WAS:Whatever happened to VRML?)
__ Chris Bell __
cbell at bahnhof.se
Tue Mar 13 09:00:03 CST 2001
>I actually just found out about a product/company called pulse3d (allegedly
>started by some former Macromedia folks) that is kind of neat.
>I don't know how useful it is, aside from doing solely animation (as opposed
>to a user interface), but it seems to load pretty fast, all things
>considered.
yes it's neat, but, pulse is a format that can only be authored by
their own software (god that was an awful sentence!) on a wintel
system.
there's cult3d (http://www.cult3d.com) but that can also only be
authored on a wintel machine. but the authoring software is
free(though you have to build the models in 3d studio max or maya)
(browser plugins for mac and wintel and linux and whatever). and it
works great.
then there's the metastream format (http://www.metastream.com) but
their plugin is wintel only (they say that a mac version will come
soon . . . . . and have said so many many moons ago).
if i was to go for 3d on the web i would go for cult3d, the
programmers are great and given that the browser plugins exist both
for the wintel and mac . . . .
// chris bell - still waiting for spring and that the temperature
will rise above 0C
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