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3D Websites Made Easy

Submitted by: Creative_Genius
Created: Jul 7, 2006, 6:43 am

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The Idea

Entire cities, stores, worlds, etc can be created and brought to life in full blown 3d. Other functionality could include, chat, shops, etc.. A new take on vrml for 3d content. A service that sells(or free) the ability to end users to be able to select a template virtual space and fill it with virtual objects and customize it to their needs. They have the option of making it private or open to the public. Once the user has finished customizing their virtual space, the files can be delivered digitally and uploaded to any webserver. In order for others to view the content a plugin of sorts or 3d browser would be required, just as a browser is required to view any webpage. Entire virtual worlds could be created by linking different user spaces. Interactivity within the user space would be defined by prebuilt scripts or custom made by the user. Much like second life, but not limited to a single server in order to function. It is decentralized like the web although hosting can be offered.

I thought of this idea when I was...

Snow Crash. A great book.

Comments Posted

PCMAN Posted: July 16, 2006, 8:04 pm

By building a toolkit that people can populate with content is an excellent paradigm that reflects the web. You can specifiy between personal(free) and commercial(fee based) content.

The content can then be open to posters familiar with the area to add comments or ratings or blog entries based on their experience with the real locations. So the virtual world links the people who have been or live in the "real world". Very powerful and verrrry big!!!

MSeven Posted: July 30, 2006, 7:12 am

This is already done by multiple party's.
One of the most successful is http://secondlife.com/ , which is running since 2003.

Heres the Wikipedia link which lists some of these projects.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_world

If you find these to "game-y", theres http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croquet_project
Which basically tries to set a new standard for shared 3D spaces.

ThrasherC Posted: August 1, 2007, 2:10 pm

I'm not sure if being decentralized really gives you much of a leg up on secondlife. Also, if users can host portions of your 3d world you're just going to run into hacking, lag time, timeouts, and all of the other problems seen on any sort of decentralized internet system.

Brenden Posted: August 1, 2007, 5:58 pm

3d will just make my world slower! To be honest if I want 3d I will go out side... Sorry man Second Life has won this idea.

GordonMcDowell Posted: August 1, 2007, 7:31 pm

Well Second Life is FAR from where I'd like to see virtual reality go. But its a good reference point to say how any proposed 3D system will be different.

saigon Posted: August 1, 2007, 11:39 pm

hmmm.. i understand 2nd life isnt enough... but i guess this can be done pretty soon... but need a lot of spec/requirements i guess... to run in ordinary PC. something lie 2G for video memory alone and a probable speed of 10Ghz?
the online games are getting better and better anyway...

vanhees Posted: August 2, 2007, 1:27 am

Idea ok but how do you this, sounds like big investement

zenanthor Posted: August 3, 2007, 12:20 am

I saw a promo video about PS3 doing something like this. Nice idea, but huge investment.

Kevin_Cox Posted: August 3, 2007, 1:47 am

You get the Internet power from where? The connection is not fast. Also, 2d data has no need to be 3d.

DaveK Posted: August 3, 2007, 4:16 am

A major problem is that 3d content is time consuming to create unless you give the user very simplified tools. There is a difficult decision between simple enough to allow everybody to join in and complex enough that creativity isn't stifled and the world becomes a bland array of generic objects.

JoeMerchant Posted: August 3, 2007, 4:50 am

Yawn.

cristimanole Posted: August 3, 2007, 6:45 am

refine it.

kairaspo Posted: August 3, 2007, 10:47 am

try and refine it is too much like secondlife

PhilipH Posted: August 3, 2007, 4:18 pm

How are you thinking of marketing this - as a tool for creating 3D maps and tours? Many sites have features like this but they're difficult to create, so your tool might be popular if it opens that up to everybody.

Do you have any idea what sort of framework/engine you'd use to build the 3D software, or if anything suitable exists? Do you have any experience at this sort of thing? Does anybody else?

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