DWeb3D: a toolkit for developing X3D applications in a simplified environment

  • Authors:
  • Felipe Quintella;Luciano P. Soares;Alberto B. Raposo

  • Affiliations:
  • Tecgraf/DI/PUC-Rio;Tecgraf/DI/PUC-Rio;Tecgraf/DI/PUC-Rio

  • Venue:
  • Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Web 3D Technology
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

The X3D standard is open, supported by an international consortium, mature and in constant development, but with a low adoption rate. In this work, X3D qualities and problems are discussed and correlated with other solutions. In this process it was detected some necessities in current applications and the complexity of X3D to deal with these issues. As an attempt to demonstrate that the complexity of X3D in some aspects may be reduced, the DWeb3D toolkit was built. DWeb3d is a toolkit to help the development of dynamic X3D applications, showing that it is possible to simplify the development process, possibly increasing the access to developers in this area. The toolkit provides tools to deal with publishing, synchronism, interactivity, multiple users management and disk persistence.