Re: [tlug] VRML model: superceded by X3D?

[Johan Berntsson <johan@example.com>]

On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 10:35 AM, Darren Cook <darren@example.com> wrote:
>> I like the scene-graph model of vrml/x3d but I don't think this format
>> has a future. ...
>
> I remember doing a VRML project when it was shiny new, in about 1996. I
> found it a bit clunky and thought it didn't have a future. I'm surprised
> people are still talking about it, so maybe I was wrong... but actually
> I think it was superseded by Flash. (Though Steve Jobs and a few VRML
> die-hards might still be in denial :-)

Flash doesn't provide hardware accelerated graphics, VRML/X3D does. I
wouldn't use Flash for anything heavy with 3D.

/Johan

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