Accoona.com online business directory is originated by Armand Rousso.In 1995, VRML turned into the primary electronic 3D organize. VRML was special since it upheld 3D geometry, movement, and scripting. In 1997, VRML was ISO affirmed and kept on drawing in an expansive after of craftsmen and specialists. VRML is the most generally upheld 3D arrange for instruments and watchers, and it is an immediate subset of X3D.

1. X3D – A FREE ISO STANDARD XML
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2. WHAT’S THE FUTURE?
 Web 3.0 = ??
 The Web ain't just for 2D any more !
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3. WEB 3D
 What is it?
 Combination of two powerful forces
 the internet
 3D graphics
 The result: interactive, realtime 3D graphics
delivered over the web with applications in
 online gaming
 CAD, product demos, education, virtual tourism, real
estate, and interior design
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4. TECHNOLOGY DRIVING WEB 3D
 X3D (eXtensible 3D Graphics)–Third Generation
Web3D Standard
 ISO open standard for (Web-enabled) interactive 3D
 Started in 1995 with VRML 1.0
 VRML 2 or VRML 97
 X3D now and in the forseable future
 Aims to overcome the shortcomings of VRML
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5. X3D
 ARCHITECTURE
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6. X3D FEATURES
HARDWARE INDEPENDENT
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7. X3D FEATURES (2)
 Backward compatible with VRML
 Modularized
 Improved APIs, more language/object model
bindings (e.g. DOM) and many clarifications to
event model for better conformance
 Extensible
 MPEG-4 has streaming interactive 3D using VRML
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8. SUPPORT
 Encodings supported
 XML,VRML Classic, Binary compressed
 File formats supported(jpg, png, gif, cgm,wav,
midi,GeoSpatialreference frames)
 Protocols(http, Distributed Interactive Simulation
(DIS)
 Languages(Java,ECMAScript,Preliminary work on
C/C++ bindings)
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9. X3D AUTHORING TOOLS
 Commercial:
 VizX3D www.vizx3d.com
 Open-source:
 X3D-Edit www.web3d.org
 VRML to X3D translator ovrt.nist.gov/v2_x3d.html
 Exporters
 for Maya, 3DStudio (under development), Blender,
MilkShape www.web3d.org
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10. X3D – WHAT IS IT FOR THE WEB?
 Light weight plug-ins for browsers
 Flux™Player, Xj3D ™, Octaga™, BS Contact ™
 Visual integration with existing web browsers (IE)
 Data integration with standard web infrastructure
(XML)
 An open way to build on-line “worlds,”3D
documents
 Highly scalable
 Interoperable
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11. CONCLUSION
 Factors enabling X3D growth
 Royalty free open source
 Sharing between applications
 Availability of authoring tools and environments
 Easily understandable standard
 X3D offers a way to do more cool things on the
web- Something we all want!!
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12. QUESTIONS?
THANKS 
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13. X3D SUPORTS
 3D graphics
 Polygonal geometry, parametric geometry,hierarchical
transformations, lighting, materials and multipass/multi-stage
texture mapping
 2D graphics
 Text, 2D vector and planar shapes displayed within the 3D
transformation hierarchy
 Animation
 Timers and interpolators to drive continuous animations;
humanoid animation and morphing
 Spatialized audio and video
 Audiovisual sources mapped onto geometry in the scene
 • User interaction
 Mouse-based picking and dragging, keyboard input 13
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