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Foil 40 VRML2 -> Java3D Transition Phase (II)

From Distributed Simulation (DIS,HLA) HPCC and the Object Web Visit to ARL Aberdeen -- June 5-6 97. by Wojtek Furmanski


These efforts are now standardized by Java3D specification, just published by JavaSoft and partners (SGI, Intel, Apple).
Java3D offers OpenInventor functionality in Java and promises high performance implementations via native methods for a broad range of rendering platforms.
Meanwhile, DimensionX was acquired by Microsoft and LiquidReality is being integrated into Internet Explorer.
These developments, combined with the recent advances in the affordable high performance PC graphics hardware, indicate clearly the coming technology transition phase in the Web3D domain.



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