The 3Space Player
A powerful, cross-platform and compact player providing a complete,
dynamic integration of 3D media content on web pages.
The 3Space Media Player is a compact plug-in that can be
automatically downloaded the first time a visitor reaches a web page containing
3Space documents. The player is a web browser component that plays a 3Space
dynamic scene within Internet Explorer and Netscape on Microsoft
Windows and MacOS platforms.
The 3Space Player is composed of:
- A Reconstructive Geometry and NURBS module that rebuilds full-detailed
models from text strings and compact ZAP files that are referred to
in the 3Space document.
- A Physics Simulation Engine that handles the animations of the objects
by simulating the effects of applied forces, links, collisions, and
physical properties of solids (mass, stiffness, and roughness).
- A real-time rendering engine that performs the 3D graphic representation
of the objects, and the display of textures, environment maps, lighting
effects, shadows, and other special effects (fog, particles, and cartoon-like
rendering).
- A high-level event and interaction mechanism that handles timers,
user actions, and events tied to the Physics Engine (collision and proximity).
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