[Sigia-l] 3B 3D

[Chad Fennell]

On a similar note, here's a 3D web-integrated environment in
development at the University of Minnesota:

http://www.opencroquet.org

...it's worth noting that the scope of Croquet goes beyond that of
traditional web pages but is focused on providing a highly
interactive, highly customizable (you can create your own
environments)  3D environment.   A number of months ago, I attended a
presentation by  Mark Mccahill (of Gopher fame), who now leads the
project.  My impression was that while this promises high utility for
certain kinds of multi-person interactions (ex online instruction), 
I'd probably rather just stick with 2D until the technology matures. 
Still, I feel it does point towards an interesting online future.


On 10/10/05, Listera <listera at rcn.com> wrote:
> If you ever wanted a proof that homo sapiens' quest for infoviz via 3D will
> never die:
>
> Introducing 3B
>
> Windowshop the World Wide Web with 3B!
> It's free and takes less than 5 minutes to get started
> Explore 3D cities or malls made of hundreds of websites
> You'll know what you want when you see it
> Scan through hundreds of sites just by looking
> Discover great new sites as you travel around
> Use a streetmap to find your way, or take a taxi!
> To browse any website, just enter its window
> 3B comes with the popular Firefox browser built in
>
> <http://3b.net/browser/introduction.html>
>
> See anything redeeming this time?
>
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