Welcome to the Web 3D Technologies Resource Center, where you will find information and tools that allow you to create sophisticated 3D graphics and animations on the web. Start your search here for Web 3D resources, including downloads, tutorials, documentation, books, e-books, articles, blogs and more that will help you develop Web 3D applications using a variety of technologies. In the Web 3D Technologies Resource Center you'll find links to:
- Google SketchUp 6—a free software package for simplifying 3D design.
- The article, "Graphical User Interfaces: 2D, 3D, and Web 3D," by Larry Rosenthal.
- The article, "Extensible 3D: XML Meets VRML," by Len Bullard.
- Web 3D FAQs, downloads, conferences and more.
- The article, "3D Computer Graphics: Getting the Hang of VRML," by Todd Sundsted.
- A collection of Web 3D examples developed in VRML.
- An assortment of free Web 3D tools.
- A series of tutorials on VRML and X3D.
- The Web3D Consortium's projects page.
- The sample chapter, "SVG and X3D in the Context of the XML Family and the Semantic Web," from the book Visualizing Information Using SVG and X3D, by Valdimir Geroimenko and Chaomei Chen.
- The article, "Creating Real Time 3D Graphics with OpenGL," by Chris Halsall.
- A series of OpenGL Podcasts from Khronos.
- Media Machines series of Flux 2.0 Tutorials.
- Adobe Flash 3D tutorials, training and books.
- The video, "Tips and Strategies to Maximize OpenGL ES 3D Graphics Performance on Handheld Devices."
- The tutorial: "Using Xj3D in Your Java Application," from Xj3D.org.
- The white paper, "Ajax 3D: The Open Platform for Rich 3D Web Applications," by Tony Parisi.
- And much more...