VRML and X3D Tools to Enable Rapid Development of Web3D Products
And Solutions
SAN RAMON, Calif., July 17 /PRNewswire/ -- The Web3D Consortium today
announced its Summer2000 Software Development Kit (SDK) containing the latest
Web3D technologies, source code and software tools to encourage and enable the
digital media industry to develop 3D content for the web.
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The Summer2000 SDK will be distributed free of charge to attendees from
the 3Dlabs booth (#3029) at the SIGGRAPH annual meeting July 23-28 in
New Orleans and will also be shipped to members of the Web3D Consortium. The
SDK CD contains the latest developer builds of open and community sources
maintained by the Web3D Consortium, X3D implementations and tools, an X3D
conformance suite, as well as general Web3D media tools and content developed
by Consortium members.
For further details on the material contained in the Web3D SDK and to
download it online see http://sdk.web3d.org .
"The extremely positive feedback from the first Consortium SDK showed us
that these tools are being used by a significant number of developers. And so
we are pleased to update the 3D community with the latest developments from
the Consortium and its members," said Neil Trevett, vice president of 3Dlabs
and president of the Web3D Consortium. "Producing the Web3D SDK, packed full
of high-quality tools, is an important contribution to the activities of the
Consortium in promoting and encouraging Web3D open standards and compelling
content."
Web3D Consortium
The Web3D Consortium (formerly the VRML Consortium) is a non-profit
organization with a mandate to develop and promote open standards to enable
3D Web and broadcast applications. The Consortium successfully gained approval
for VRML 97 as International Standard ISO/IEC 14772 in December 1997 and is
currently driving the X3D project to create the next evolution of the VRML
standard. The Consortium is comprised of over 100 leading corporations and
educational institutions including charter members such as 3Dlabs, ATI,
blaxxun interactive, Cybelius Software, MathEngine, Panasonic/Matsushita, Sony
and Superscape. There are also over 50 individual Professional Members
contributing their expertise to Consortium activities. Web3D Consortium
members provide technical and marketing expertise for the continued evolution
of open 3D standards while gaining early access to ongoing technology and
commercial opportunities.
More information on the Web3D Consortium's standards activities and
Consortium membership is available at http://www.web3d.org .
SOURCE Web3D Consortium, Inc
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CONTACT:
Anders Jepsen, 925-254-3079, or
TheViking@compuserve.com; or Neil Trevett, President of Web3D
Consortium, Inc., 408-530-4700
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