<div dir="ltr">Now, talking about Diva's challenge...<div><br></div><div>The problem with creating such a solution is that the existing tools are welded together -- 3d renderer is embedded into an app that presents a pre-defined UI, chat system, camera system, ... It is all or nothing.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Systems like RealXtend try to solve the changeability problem by making everything programmable. So there, an author has to program and deal with the interaction of all the parts.</div><div><br></div><div>
What is missing is an 'authoring language'. What is the 'language' (and I use that term for a solution loosely) that a scene author can use to create the challenge scene. Technically, the parts should be separate and composable. From the author's point of view, the world should only consist of the actors and the interactions desired.</div>
<div><br></div><div>There are scenario editing and interaction 'languages' available. The Unity graphical state system is cool. I'd like to see others that were more scene or world oriented. The underlying tech would be of composible pieces that supported the construction of the desired world.</div>
<div><br></div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 6:07 PM, Mister Blue <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:misterblue@misterblue.com" target="_blank">misterblue@misterblue.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">There is a lot of WebGL stuff happening out there. I thought I'd mash some existing code together and create a simple viewer to generate some test numbers and proof points, but it seems that every time I click on another link I find another amazing WebGL project.<div>
<br></div><div>Some samples:</div><div>Blend4Web (<a href="http://www.blend4web.com/en/" style="font-family:Tahoma;text-align:-webkit-auto;font-size:medium" target="_blank">http://www.blend4web.com/en/</a>). A small company that makes a Blender plugin and a browser view. You build your world in Blender and can output html or js and then walk around in your world in the browser viewer. The viewer itself is GPL.</div>
<div>Cesium (<a href="http://cesiumjs.org/" style="font-family:Tahoma;text-align:-webkit-auto;font-size:medium" target="_blank">http://cesiumjs.org/</a>) Cesium is a JavaScript library for creating 3D globes and 2D maps in a web browser without a plugin. It uses WebGL for hardware-accelerated graphics, and is cross-platform, cross-browser, and tuned for dynamic-data visualization. Cesium is open source under the Apache 2.0 license. If you go to the site above, you orbit with the ISS.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Also fun talks at Siggraph next month:</div><div><b>Progressive Streaming of Compressed 3D Graphics in a Web Browser</b><br></div><div>A solution for fast progressive streaming and visualization of compressed 3D graphics on the web. The approach relies on a dedicated progressive-compression algorithm and a plugin-free solution for streaming, decoding, and visualization by the web browser, which relies on an optimized parallel JavaScript/WebGL implementation. (Guillaume Lavoué,Université de Lyon, LIRIS CNRS)</div>
<div><b>Earth in Google Maps: Rendering Trillions of Triangles in JavaScript</b><br></div><div>This talk gives an overview of the rendering technology used to render Google Earth’s massive dataset in a web browser using JavaScript and WebGL. (Janne Kontkanen, Evan Parker; Google Inc.)</div>
<div><br></div><div>The WebGL area has matured a lot since I last looked at it a year or two ago.</div><div><br></div><div>Just had to share.</div></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div><div class="h5">
On Mon, Aug 11, 2014 at 3:32 PM, M.E. Verhagen <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:marceled9@gmail.com" target="_blank">marceled9@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
</div></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div><div class="h5"><div dir="ltr">There are a lot of double buttons and menu options in the current viewers.<div>
</div><div>For instance the top bar has got the parcel name and so does the second bar. (inlcusive all the restrictions buttons ... double ...)</div>
<div><br></div><div>The bottom bar starts with the Nearby chat button ... wich does exactly the same as the balloon button. </div><div><br></div><div>Wow that certainly adds to the complexity.</div><div><br></div><div>It would be better to get complete get rid of the ui, by making a second window with just all the buttons seperate from viewer window. Just the black top bar with the region and current opensim name would remain. </div>
<div><br></div><div>Maybe even an UI app for on the ipad or android can be made. (wich would then direct communicate with the viewer window) </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div>
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