http://www.e3dnews.com The Changing Face of the Web Tue, 26 Jul 2005 02:30:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 Leonard Daly has a new article, "Delivering X3D Content", that explains how web servers view X3D content using MIME types. http://www.e3dnews.com/index.php?p=16 "Event Utility Nodes" is a new tutorial on how to use Event Utility Nodes in X3D. We have also put together a list of all "e3D News Articles" http://www.e3dnews.com/index.php?p=17 Quente Cafe has an nice photo journal of NextFest 2005. Of special interest were Kick Ass Kung-Fu, a video immersion system, The 3D Display Cube, and the Fog screen. http://www.e3dnews.com/index.php?p=14 Blender the leading open source modeler, animator and renderering software, now includes the area42 X3D exporter in its new version 2.37. http://www.e3dnews.com/index.php?p=12 The On-A-Slant Virtual Village, created by the Archaeology Technologies Lab at North Dakota StateUniversity, uses X3D to display a Mandan earthlodge to instruct students on the culture of the native American people. http://www.e3dnews.com/index.php?p=13 Here is a question that has been discussed a lot lately: Do computer games increase IQ? It is widely known that IQs have been increasing. Now here is a VR helmet from Israel that the makers say measurably increases IQ. The helmet was tested on deaf children (deaf children historically ... http://www.e3dnews.com/index.php?p=11 Popular Science has an article on future tech, "The Future Starts Here" . The two items I found the most interesting were holographic television, which looks like a shadow box that you can look into to see 3D holographs, and the smart home, a house whose walls ... http://www.e3dnews.com/index.php?p=10 ZDnet UK has an interview with Tony Parisi, Is a 3D web more than just empty promises?. They mention that it is the 10th anniversary of the release of VML. I thought the interviewer was a little hard nosed, but Tony held his own. http://www.e3dnews.com/index.php?p=9 Anyone who remembers Hypercosm will be interested to hear that Abe Megahed has been working to resurrect that technology, working for NASA building simulators for astronaut training. He also has a new product Hypercosm Teleporter, a tool for exporting 3D models and animations from 3ds max ... http://www.e3dnews.com/index.php?p=8 Another great Web3D technology has fallen by the wayside. Adobe has discontinued the sale and development of Adobe Atmosphere. I wonder what this means for companies like Bruce Damer's DigitalSpace that are closely tied to Adobe Atmosphere? http://www.e3dnews.com/index.php?p=6