 | | | Re: Viewpoint (VET) for OSX? | Re: Viewpoint (VET) for OSX? 2004-01-28 - By pmiinalainen
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The only case i've made money with web3d was with cycore's cult3d
technology. The licencing fee is quite a lot, plugins run in in all
windows, mac versions and also on linux and solaris. You can embed
the viewer and objects into office documents or into pdf-document.
This cross-platform availability and the fact that it could run
inside technical documents etc was the reason client wanted to go
that way. The distribution licence cost something like 2000$. Also
the quality was thought out to be better than rivals at that time.
Authoring environment runs only on windows, but it is awesome! Very
easy to use. For most complicated, interactive tasks you don't have
to write a single line of code! If you want to, you can enhance it
with javascript and java. It has exporters for couple of highend 3d
packages, but i remember that it at least used to work with imported
models as well. It also used to ship with strata3d...
Artists and designers can get a free distribution licence for
showing their non-commercial work. Commercial licences for web-
stores are quite expensive. If you liked to try web 3d, it's worth
to take a look at it.
petteri
--- In Carrara@(protected), "John Richardson" <richards@(protected)>
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> CA> Hi,
> CA> The content that Carrara exports will work on Mac OSX. However
> you will need
> CA> to update the MTS3Interface.js that your content uses.
> CA> http://developer.viewpoint.com/developerzone/5-211_detail.jsp?
tool_id=17
> CA> You will also find the VMP Mac OSX release notes useful:
> CA>
http://developer.viewpoint.com/developerzone/docs/vmp_macX_321_relnot
es.pdf
> CA> Carrara itself does not use a Mac OS X version of the VMP
SDK. Once that
> CA> SDK is available it will be provided to Eovia so they can then
update the
> CA> exporter.
>
> Ok, so that is the first problem for mac users. Next, comes
> Atmosphere. It only works on the PC and from the Adobe comments at
> Macworld I don't think it will be ported to Mac. Now, Atmosphere
is
> the authoring tool for Web 3D related to VET. I believe that Mac
> users will continue to have trouble. They may have a route to
Web3D
> that includes Shockwave 3D, depending on Macromedia licensing.
>
> The following comments are for PC users.
>
> Now, if you are on a PC, the question is... Can I use Atmosphere
to
> develop VET based content cheaply. It is $400.Is that cheap
enough?
> Then you need a modeler with VET export. But everyone on this list
> with a PC has one already. Then can I distribute the player or
rely
> on Viewpoint to distribute it or can I access all those yummy
AOLers
> that they claim as users. It is a 1.4 MB download. The user gets
that
> "no plug-in icon" and the browser tries to lure you to download
it.
> Adobe seems to have a no cost "at present" server. You may have to
> compile it yourself.
>
> So, I'm not sure where any Viewpoint licensing comes in. I assume
> that Adobe Atmosphere gives you the right to produce VET based
Web3D.
> If so, then with a no cost server this may be the inexpensive
route.
> After all, your time as a content creator is probably the dominant
> cost.
>
> Next. What about Shockwave 3D and their licensing. Is it any
better.
> I don't know. Lets assume it is. You still need to spend about
$1000
> to get Director or Macromedia Studio.
>
> Now, nobody seems to be able to make money on Web3D, except the
> Russians. Some people make consulting fees for governments and
> museums and deep pocket companies that want some novel
entertainment
> for marketing purposes. However, everyone wants to announce that
they
> are ready to take over the final 3-D frontier of the web.
>
> Until someone does kill off the competition, content providers
have
> to export to any and every format out there just in case. It
> increases content development cost and with no customers there is
no
> motivation. There are no customers and motivation even for the
open
> source Web 3D. Wow. Talk about users turning their backs on free
> Web3D. Go figure. Licensing is annoying but I assume that the
> eventual winner will have low fees or a customer base that is so
> widespread that the fees per customer will be reasonable.
>
> Conclusion
> Just hang out and keep up with the technology. Eventually they
will
> need content creators who are fluent in the language of the
eventual
> king of Web3D.
>
> Also, I'd like to thank Eovia for supporting Web3D in it's many
forms.
>
> John F. Richardson
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