tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106114259507101884.post8190996438861392183..comments2023-06-21T15:09:21.151+03:30Comments on climbing the hill: On Platforms and the Convergence of 2D and 3D InternetRyan McDougallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13605778690333215958noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106114259507101884.post-53010680955085142242009-07-24T19:12:06.235+04:302009-07-24T19:12:06.235+04:30Thank you for the counter point Stephen. However I...Thank you for the counter point Stephen. However I think I may have not been clear.<br /><br />I think my intention was to state that both web and VWs are different experiences and therefore have different browsers; that one doesn't go in the other.<br /><br />Except that for limited use cases, it makes sense to put 3D in a web browser, like Google's O3D, or put web in a VW browser, like HTML-on-textures.Ryan McDougallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13605778690333215958noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106114259507101884.post-70776162961362533882009-07-24T18:23:01.490+04:302009-07-24T18:23:01.490+04:30I know this is a little off topic as to weather a ...I know this is a little off topic as to weather a virtual world should be delivered via a web browser or be stand alone, but it does touch on a topic that I see frequently. <br /><br />Why would you want to browse the web as a virtual world? I can think of some specific applications that would be great, but the whole web as a virtual world sounds very restrictive to me.<br /><br />My view is that your making a common mistake in the assumption that we are going to <b>ONLY</b> want to browse the web as a virtual world where you can see all the other people browsing and chatting etc.<br /><br />If this was a good thing then all sites would have an integrated chat systems right now. The fact that they don't illustrates that for the majority of sites out there, this is not appropriate. <br /><br />Therefore I belong to 3rd 'school of thought' that think the requirements for a 3D Web / internet start at a much simpler level providing the means to immerse and interact with content in a natural 3D way.<br /><br />This allows for all manor of uses as rich and varied as the web currently is that include applications & services such as Virtual Worlds etc.<br /><br />The difference is the better integration that would be possible as you browse between these different uses.<br /><br />It will be some time before this is fully or even partially realised & some standards for usability etc. would need to emerge, and yes I agree a new browser would be required to adapt to the new way we interact with the web. <br /><br />However, until we reach this point though, weather its delivered through a web browser or stand alone application, doesn't really matter, there's pros and cons with both. <br /><br />I feel this common assumption as a whole is hindering progress for 3D Web. For example, all the companies that flocked to use second life in this way to eventually realise (not all have even now) that really its not the 3D Internet at all, and was never conceived to be. <br /><br />More information on our approach:<br />http://www.lateralvisions.com/3D_Web_Technology/Overview.aspx <br /><br /><br />StephenStephen Whttp://www.lateralvisions.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4106114259507101884.post-72871938629346644522009-06-07T21:47:26.031+04:302009-06-07T21:47:26.031+04:30I tend to believe that browsers will so much chang...I tend to believe that browsers will so much change in the next 10 years that they will easily be able to portray 2D and 3D internet.<br /><br />Thanks for this interesting essay.internet 3dhttp://www.internet3d.orgnoreply@blogger.com