Comments on: Away3D, your sisters’ not going to like this… http://www.3dpowersparks.com/index.php/2009/10/away3d-your-sisters-not-going-to-like-this/ Can't See The City For The Buildings Thu, 09 Sep 2010 14:00:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: harley http://www.3dpowersparks.com/index.php/2009/10/away3d-your-sisters-not-going-to-like-this/#comment-29 harley Mon, 26 Oct 2009 19:36:18 +0000 http://www.3dpowersparks.com/?p=205#comment-29 This is even better to know. Thanks Peter K for the clarification. I appreciate keeping the record straight. This is even better to know. Thanks Peter K for the clarification. I appreciate keeping the record straight.

]]> By: Peter K http://www.3dpowersparks.com/index.php/2009/10/away3d-your-sisters-not-going-to-like-this/#comment-28 Peter K Sun, 25 Oct 2009 04:31:30 +0000 http://www.3dpowersparks.com/?p=205#comment-28 Hi, Just to clear the uninformed comment before, some guys of the "PV" team didn't take the sources and make Away3d. Away3D was originally modified from papervision3d by a non-papervision3d member. Since then it's been reworked from the ground up, and is its own 3d engine now, not being a port or rewriting anymore. Thanks! Hi,

Just to clear the uninformed comment before, some guys of the “PV” team didn’t take the sources and make Away3d.

Away3D was originally modified from papervision3d by a non-papervision3d member. Since then it’s been reworked from the ground up, and is its own 3d engine now, not being a port or rewriting anymore.

Thanks!

]]> By: harley http://www.3dpowersparks.com/index.php/2009/10/away3d-your-sisters-not-going-to-like-this/#comment-24 harley Sun, 18 Oct 2009 19:07:20 +0000 http://www.3dpowersparks.com/?p=205#comment-24 leerrau: thanks, your right. good to know leerrau:
thanks, your right. good to know

]]> By: leerraum http://www.3dpowersparks.com/index.php/2009/10/away3d-your-sisters-not-going-to-like-this/#comment-18 leerraum Wed, 07 Oct 2009 15:39:49 +0000 http://www.3dpowersparks.com/?p=205#comment-18 First there was PV3D, then some guys of the PV team took the sources, they where free, and started to build away3D. First there was PV3D, then some guys of the PV team took the sources, they where free, and started to build away3D.

]]> By: harley http://www.3dpowersparks.com/index.php/2009/10/away3d-your-sisters-not-going-to-like-this/#comment-17 harley Tue, 06 Oct 2009 18:49:15 +0000 http://www.3dpowersparks.com/?p=205#comment-17 Good comments. I would really like to know the general break down of 3D web app usage. Game Entertainment, Demonstration, Advertisement, Geo-Spatial (mapping), Inter-Spatial (facilities), Education might be a few of the general uses. Maybe I can hit a few of the user communities to pool a list of sites deploying 3d then break them down into some general categories. Good comments. I would really like to know the general break down of 3D web app usage. Game Entertainment, Demonstration, Advertisement, Geo-Spatial (mapping), Inter-Spatial (facilities), Education might be a few of the general uses. Maybe I can hit a few of the user communities to pool a list of sites deploying 3d then break them down into some general categories.

]]> By: ellery http://www.3dpowersparks.com/index.php/2009/10/away3d-your-sisters-not-going-to-like-this/#comment-16 ellery Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:10:49 +0000 http://www.3dpowersparks.com/?p=205#comment-16 99.9% of the 3D web apps don't need the performance of a 60 Hz flight simulator, so it doesn't make sense to focus on adding high perf support for 3D to browsers. I an ideal world, browsers would get the high perf support, and then layer the lightweight web interfaces on top of that, but the total effort would be a lot greater and would only increase the benefit to include the 0.1% demanding apps. Almost makes me wish for the browser-centric OS trend to catch on. Almost. 99.9% of the 3D web apps don’t need the performance of a 60 Hz flight simulator, so it doesn’t make sense to focus on adding high perf support for 3D to browsers. I an ideal world, browsers would get the high perf support, and then layer the lightweight web interfaces on top of that, but the total effort would be a lot greater and would only increase the benefit to include the 0.1% demanding apps.

Almost makes me wish for the browser-centric OS trend to catch on. Almost.

]]> By: ellery http://www.3dpowersparks.com/index.php/2009/10/away3d-your-sisters-not-going-to-like-this/#comment-15 ellery Sun, 04 Oct 2009 18:57:29 +0000 http://www.3dpowersparks.com/?p=205#comment-15 The difficulty with high-performance 3D apps is they are often written in high-performance languages like C++, so they don't always integrate well with the web environment. They are sometimes greedy and consume lots of system resources, and they like to have a lot of control over managing system resources. That type of behavior tends to go against web browser environments. The closest successful instance I can think of to heavy 3D apps in the browser world is media players. They need some horsepower from the system to provide high-quality realtime video output. Maybe 3D resources can be managed similarly. The difficulty with high-performance 3D apps is they are often written in high-performance languages like C++, so they don’t always integrate well with the web environment. They are sometimes greedy and consume lots of system resources, and they like to have a lot of control over managing system resources. That type of behavior tends to go against web browser environments.

The closest successful instance I can think of to heavy 3D apps in the browser world is media players. They need some horsepower from the system to provide high-quality realtime video output. Maybe 3D resources can be managed similarly.

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