i3D - A High Speed 3D Scene Viewer for the WWW

Administrative account for 3di ([email protected])
Thu, 8 Jun 1995 21:19:18 -0600 

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				 i3D
	 A High Speed 3D Scene Viewer for the World Wide WWW




The Center for Advanced Studies, Research and Development in Sardinia
(CRS4, Cagliari, Italy) is happy to announce the availability of i3D,
a high-speed three-dimensional scene viewer for the World Wide Web.
i3D combines the 3D input and high-performance rendering capabilities
of high-end virtual reality systems with the data fetching abilities
of network browsers. Using a Spaceball or a mouse, the user can
intuitively navigate inside 3D worlds, while selecting 3D objects with
the mouse triggers requests for access to remote documents of
any media type, from text to other 3D models.  Time-critical rendering
techniques allow the system to display complex 3D scenes at high and
constant frame rates, making it possible to use it in the context of
large scale projects. The system is currently being used at CRS4 for
the Virtual Sardinia project and at CERN as a visualization and data
management tool for the design of the new Large Hadron Collider.


i3D works in cooperation with the popular WWW browsers Mosaic and
Netscape 1.1 for document retrieval and display. It is able to handle
worlds described using the Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML
1.0), as well as using its own file format.


Unsupported binaries are available for Silicon Graphics workstations
running Irix 5.2 or later and having support for OpenGL
rendering. This software is provided free of charge without warranty
of any kind from CRS4.


More information on i3D and its installation through anonymous ftp can
be found at http://www.crs4.it/~3diadm/






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<TITLE> i3D: A High Speed 3D Scene Browser </TITLE>
<H1>
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<IMG SRC="http://www.crs4.it/~3diadm/i3d-help/i3d.gif" alt="i3D"><br>
A New Dimension to Hypermedia<br>
<hr><font size=3>
<a href="http://www.crs4.it/~3diadm/i3d-help/i3d-install.html">[Install]</a>
<a href="http://www.crs4.it/~3diadm/i3d-help/i3d-command-line.html">[Command Line]</a>
<a href="http://www.crs4.it/~3diadm/i3d-help/i3d-resources.html">[Resources]</a>
<a href="http://www.crs4.it/~3diadm/i3d-help/i3d-screen-design.html">[Screen]</a>
<a href="http://www.crs4.it/~3diadm/i3d-help/i3d-user-interaction.html">[Interaction]</a>
<a href="http://www.crs4.it/~3diadm/i3d-help/i3d-utilities.html">[Utilities]</a>
<a href="http://www.crs4.it/~3diadm/i3d-help/i3d-file-format.html">[File Format]</a>
<a href="http://www.crs4.it/~3diadm/i3d-help/i3d-help.html">[Top]</a>
<br>
<a href="http://www.crs4.it/~3diadm/i3d-help/i3d-about.html">[About]</a>
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</center>


<A HREF="http://www.crs4.it/">
The Center for Advanced Studies, Research and Development in Sardinia</A>, 
(<I>CRS4</I>, Cagliari, Italy) is happy to 
announce the availability of 
<A HREF="http://www.crs4.it/~3diadm/"><I>i3D</I></A>,
a high-speed three-dimensional scene viewer for the World Wide Web.
<A HREF="http://www.crs4.it/~3diadm/"><I>i3D</I></A>
combines the 3D input and high-performance rendering capabilities
of high-end virtual reality systems with the data fetching abilities
of network browsers. Using a Spaceball or a mouse, the user can
intuitively navigate inside 3D worlds, while selecting 3D objects with
the mouse triggers requests for access to remote documents of
any media type, from text to other 3D models.  Time-critical rendering
techniques allow the system to display complex 3D scenes at high and
constant frame rates, making it possible to use it in the context of
large scale projects. The system is currently being used at 
<A HREF="http://www.crs4.it/"><I>CRS4</I></A>
for the Virtual Sardinia project and at 
<A HREF="http://www.cern.ch/"><I>CERN</I></A> as a visualization and data
management tool for the design of the new 
<A HREF="http://sgvenus.cern.ch/VENUS/CERN_models.html">
<I>Large Hadron Collider</I></A>.
<p>
<A HREF="http://www.crs4.it/~3diadm/"><I>i3D</I></A>
works in cooperation with the popular WWW browsers Mosaic and
Netscape 1.1 for document retrieval and display. It is able to handle
worlds described using the 
<A HREF="http://www.wired.com/vrml/">
<I>Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML 1.0)</I></A>,
 as well as using its own file format.
<p>
Unsupported binaries are available for Silicon Graphics workstations
running Irix 5.2 or later and having support for OpenGL
rendering. This software is provided free of charge without warranty
of any kind from <A HREF="http://www.crs4.it/"><I>CRS4</I></A>.
<p>
More information on i3D and its 
<A HREF="http://www.crs4.it/~3diadm/i3d-install.html">installation</A> 
through anonymous ftp can be found at 
<A HREF="http://www.crs4.it/~3diadm/">
http://www.crs4.it/~3diadm/</A><p>


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