Re: FLASH: 3D Wow!

[Wayne Townsend]

Ken,


Check out the whitepaper & the comparison to flash.


http://www.pulse3d.com/developers/whitepaper.html


2 problems-


No Mac version of the editor yet.


Doesn't work on Mac IE, you have to use Mac Netscape.


Otherwise this thing looks like a serious contender to me.


Good points:


* Targeted for the masses by requiring only a minimum hardware 

configuration of a Pentium 166 or Mac PowerPC equivalent, 16MB RAM, 

28.8k baud modem. 3D hardware acceleration is NOT required.


* MP3


* Fast download times for plug-in (~355k bytes) and extremely small 

content file sizes.


* Rollovers and clicks can be set to trigger behaviors.  Two-way 

messaging between the web page and Pulse Content. Buttons or pictures 

in a web page can be used to trigger behaviors on 3D characters or 

objects.


* Collision detection and physics can be calculated on 3D objects and 

characters within your 3D environment.


* Reflection mapping, Bump mapping.  Photorealistic images.  Real 

time 3D rendering.


Now this is really something for the Flash team to shoot for in the 

next release, IMO.


ATB,


/wayne

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