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I
normally wouldn't cross-post or forward an announcement like this,
but
getting real time 3D in XML has been quite a while coming and
some
folks have sweated bullets for it. I think for any of you out there
in the
Bay area, this will be worth attending. It seems like it
wasn't
that long ago (it wasn't) that graphics in markup
was
just a paper by Chamberlain and Goldfarb. Now with
X3D
and SVG, it is really happening. If there are still animation
or
visualization junkies in this crew, this will be very cool,
and it
will beat the heck out of sitting home watching CNN
or
stripping light poles of their yellow ribbons.
BTW: Xj3D is the open source Java browser for
X3D.
I have
no affiliation with Media Machines. I just like cool tech
especially if it pushes the former boundaries of
markup.
len
Quick
apology to Yumetech for Larrys' overenthusiastic bit about the "first true X3D
browser." We all know that distinction belongs to Xj3D! :-)
From: Larry Rosenthal
[mailto:larryr@cube3.com]
The SFWEB3D
presents a SPECIAL APRIL meeting:
A First Look at Flux: The New X3D
Browser.
Who: Presented by Tony Parisi, President of Media
Machines ( http://www.mediamachines.com
)
When: Tuesday 15th, 2003 at 7-9pm
.
Where: The dvGarage (785 Market Street Suite 200, San
Francisco, CA.)
Cost: Free to all, Seated is limited. Please RSVP to
sfweb3d@cube3.com
Info: Contact Larry Rosenthal, SFWEB3D at larryr@cube3.com
A First Look at Flux: The New X3D
Browser.
Advanced Visualizations and Realtime3D
are fast becoming the next phase of
digital media for the web, corporate
intranets, hand helds, phones and beyond.
This month's meeting is a special "First
Look" at what's to come.
VRML creator Tony Parisi takes you on a tour of
X3D, the new standard in
real-time 3D. X3D picks up where VRML left off, with
new graphics
features, better scripting and support for the Extensible Markup
Language
(XML). Tony will demonstrate X3D using Flux, the new real time
browser
from his company Media Machines. Tony and SFWEB3D founder Larry
Rosenthal
will lead an open discussion about the state of the web3D business,
how X3D
fits into the picture, and how X3D is positioned to succeed in
bringing realtime 3D
visualization and graphics to the web, handhelds
and beyond.
Flux will be available for the first open beta download that night and will give early
adopters and developers their first true X3D browser to play with. See it presented
by
Tony for the first time to SF 3D
developers.
Presenter Bio:
Tony Parisi is a technology pioneer and accomplished
entrepreneur at the
forefront of new media. Tony is co-author of the Virtual
Reality Modeling
Language (VRML), the ISO standard for 3D graphics on the
World Wide Web, and
is widely recognized as an expert in standards,
technologies and emerging
markets for interactive rich media. Tony is
currently the editor of
Extensible 3D Graphics (X3D), the successor to VRML
as the ISO standard for
3D graphics.
In 1995 Tony founded Intervista
Software, an early innovator in real-time,
networked 3D graphics technology.
At Intervista, Tony led the development of
WorldView, a high-performance VRML
player distributed to millions of
Internet Explorer users in partnership with
Microsoft. In 1998 Intervista
was purchased by PLATINUM technology, inc. and
Tony joined the company to
lead business affairs for its 3D visualization
group. In 1999 Tony founded
Media Machines, originally as a consultancy
providing business planning and
business development services to technology
and media companies in the bay
area and worldwide. Media Machines is now
completing development of Flux T,
an X3D-based real-time 3D technology that
sets new performance and quality
standards in interactive graphics for web,
broadcast and enterprise
applications.
Don't miss this SFWEB3D meeting, truly a first look
at the cutting edge:
Join us and contribute your thoughts.
SFWEB3D Monthy Meetings- Every 3rd
Tuesday- dvGarage
www.cube3.com/sfweb3d
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