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3DzzD - A free Web 3D tool

Monday, December 31 2007 @ 12:47 PM EST
Contributed by: DzzD
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3DzzD is a good tool to make 3D Online, it uses Java and can run every where, it includes a lot of functionalities such as full scene management, animation playback, physics, more... and an advanced software and hardware rendering engine using JOGL (Java OpenGL).

The current version available on the site is a little obsolete but V2 will be out soon so stay tuned. The new version also enables panoramas as quicktime VR using cubic, spherical or cylindrical map.

Comments are welcome, try it and let me know if you find any problem with it running on Mac OS.

A sample can be viewed here.

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Two New VRML/X3D browsers

Tuesday, September 11 2007 @ 11:15 AM EDT
Contributed by: viveka
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Octaga Player and Fraunhofer's instantreality are two excellent VRML/X3D browsers for Mac OS X. Some very nice new features here from the latest X3D specs - shaders, rigid body physics, particles, high dynamic range imaging, multiple video formats and so on. Neither will work as a web browser plugin as far as I can see. For that, try FreeWRL and let me know if you can get it to work ^_^

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MADLIX - Web 3D for everyone

Wednesday, May 16 2007 @ 09:21 AM EDT
Contributed by: Anonymous
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MADLIX lets users insert 3D-content in web pages, blogs, Google pages, community presentations and more. MADLIX is OpenGL-powered and runs smoothly inside all Java-enabled browsers, with no need for custom plug-ins or application installation. The on-line gallery at www.madlix.com features high-quality content ready for insertion. MADLIX is accompanied by the MADLIX exporter tool enabling 3D artists to directly export their 3D artwork from Autodesk Maya to the MADLIX gallery. The exporter features pre-view functionality as well as a standalone viewer, supporting the MADLIX file format and the open standard file format COLLADA

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NASA 3D Guide to the Galaxy - Finally an authoring and playback tool for Mac users

Wednesday, July 05 2006 @ 06:06 PM EDT
Contributed by: Anonymous
Views: 3,177

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory's PlanetQuest web site is providing visitors with a unique opportunity to interactively explore the vast Milky Way galaxy using "plug in free" X3D technology in Demicron's WireFusion. The platform-independent interactive 3D visualization and multimedia "Guide" can be navigated in real-time over the Web.

X3D is an open standard for real-time 3D visualization on the Web and networks. WireFusion combines X3D with Java to integrate 3D, 2D, video, audio and Flash into interactive presentations for use on the Web without the need for any plug-ins or special downloads.

WireFusion's X3D/Java solution is especially appealing to Mac developers and users, where 3D on the web has traditionally been less than accessible.

3D Guide to the Galaxy: http://planetquest.jpl.nasa.gov/SIMGuide2Galaxy_launch_page.html

WireFusion: http://www.demicron.com/wirefusion/

There is a news story at: http://www.web3d.org/news/releases/archives/2006/07/the_3d_guide_to.php
which has more details

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Universal Binary of Wings 3D Available

Thursday, June 22 2006 @ 03:54 AM EDT
Contributed by: viveka
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A Universal Binary is now available for Wings 3D, the marvellous Free low-polygon 3D modeler.

Mac version of Google Sketchup

Tuesday, June 13 2006 @ 02:55 AM EDT
Contributed by: viveka
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I loved Sketchup the first time I tried it - a fast freehand 3D sketching tool for the Mac with a clean, gorgeous interface. Ever since Google bought them and released a free version of the tool for Windows, I've been waiting for today; there is now a free version of Sketchup for the Mac. I'm getting some awful redraw artefacts though - the rotate tool for example is leaving trails all over the screen. Is anyone else seeing this?

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Octaga to release X3D plug-in for Acrobat

Wednesday, May 31 2006 @ 02:52 PM EDT
Contributed by: Anonymous
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Octaga is developing an X3D plug-in for Adobe Acrobat and Acrobat Reader that will allow any user to read and interact with 3D visualizations and virtual reality embedded in a PDF document. The software is designed to enable creative professionals to more quickly and cost-effectively collaborate on projects that require visualization with 3D, video, and audio. X3D is the ISO ratified 3D scene interchange format and runtime system for 3D visualization, virtual reality, and augmented reality (3D with text overlays, audio, and video). X3D supports several file format encodings and programming languages, providing interoperability of 3D data across diverse computing environments and great flexibility in manipulating, communicating and displaying scenes interactively. A Mac version is planned for later this year.

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AC3D version 6 now available

Thursday, May 18 2006 @ 07:14 AM EDT
Contributed by: Anonymous
Views: 2,352

Inivis Limited celebrates ten years of its popular 3D graphics software AC3D with the release of AC3D 6.

Inivis Limited today announces the release of AC3D 6, the affordable and intuitive 3D modeller; one of the longest established internet -available software programs. Widely used in both educational and business environments for 3D visualisations, models for game creations, graphics and logos, AC3D 6 is available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux.

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Xj3D (open source X3D browser) version 1.0 released

Tuesday, April 18 2006 @ 07:48 AM EDT
Contributed by: viveka
Views: 2,327

Download Xj3D here - for Mac OS X, Windows, Linux or Solaris. It includes implementations of the CADGeometry, DIS, GeoSpatial, and H-Anim extensions - plus new custom extensions for Rigid Body Physics, Particle Systems, Clipping planes, Picking Utilities, and Abstract Device IO. This ain't your daddy's VRML browser. I'm looking forward to trying out the physics extension in particular.

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FreeWRL universal binary released to support Intel Macs

Thursday, April 13 2006 @ 08:33 AM EDT
Contributed by: viveka
Views: 3,417

You can now download the latest version of FreeWRL for Mac OS X, specially made to run VRML and X3D extra-smooth-like on your Intel-based Mac Mini, iMac, MacBook Pro, and maybe tomorrow your MacBook as well.

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