About Web3D ConsortiumThe Web3D Consortium Strategy is based on the Extensible 3D (X3D) Graphics International Standard to accomplish these many goals. X3D workflows include tools to represent and communicate 3D scenes and objects between diverse authoring and presentation hardware and software on the Web, distributed networks and mobile devices.Web 3D ConsortiumW3DC_cdb84f7a-e1ad-4e58-ab78-e4565daf2b68The Web3D Consortium is an international, non-profit, member funded, industry standards development organization. Web3D Consortium members create and promote open standards for real-time 3D communication.Web3D Consortium PartnersToday, the Web3D Consortium is utilizing its broad-based industry support to develop the X3D specification, designed for sharing interactive 3D graphics on the Web, between applications and across distributed networks and web services. The Web3D Consortium builds and maintains widely applicable standards through well-coordinated Liaison Partnerships with International Standards Organization (ISO), Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC), World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) and other organizations.International Standards Organization (ISO)Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC)World Wide Web Consortium (W3C)Web3D Board of DirectorsThe Web3D Consortium Board of Directors considers and makes strategic decisions on behalf of all Web3D Consortium members. Web3D Consortium Board members exercise influence over the development and adoption of Web3D standards. They also provide valuable industry expertise to support the forward-thinking market strategy of the Consortium.The Web3D Consortium Board has three primary roles: to establish policies, to make strategic decisions, and to oversee the organization's activity. They oversee management, finances, and quality; set strategic direction; build community relationships; establish ethical standards, values, and compliance. The Board typically meets twice each month via teleconference, as scheduled on the Calendar. Agenda topics of interest are welcome. For more information about the Web3D Board of Directors (BoD) elections and responsibilities, please see our By-Laws. You are welcome to contact the Web3D Board by sending email to our Executive Director - Anita Havele.Dr. Michael AratowTreasurer -- Professional Member --Michael Aratow is Chief Medical Information Officer of San Mateo Medical Center, an integrated delivery network which is part of the nation's Safety Net institutions. Besides working for ICD10 readiness, Meaningful Use and management of three different Electronic Medical Records, he is currently helping to direct the business intelligence strategy for San Mateo County Health System and also promotes clinical innovation through piloting solutions from early stage companies. He is board certified in Emergency Medicine and Clinical Informatics and continues to practice. Michael received his MD degree from the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and his Emergency Medicine training at John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County. He performed a research fellowship at UCSD School of Medicine in Orthopedics and was a research consultant at NASA/Ames Research Center in basic physiology and virtual environment projects. Besides being a member of the Board, Michael is Co-Chair of the Medical Working Group of the Web3D Consortium.Dr. Johannes BehrOrganization Member - supporting Fraunhofer IGD -- Dr.-Ing. Johannes Behr received his M. Sc. diploma in Advanced Software Engineering from the University of Wolverhampton in 1996. From 1997-2004 he was working as a research assistant within the Visual Computing department of the Zentrum für Graphische Datenverarbeitung (ZGDV). Areas of interests where Virtual Reality, Computer Vision, Stereo Vision and 3D Interaction Techniques. Since 2005 Johannes Behr is working at the Fraunhofer Institut für Graphische Datenverarbeitung (IGD). In 2005 he has received his doctoral degree from the Darmstadt University of Technology. The title of his thesis is "Avalon - A scalable Framework for dynamic Mixed Reality Applications". From 2008 to 2010 was he leading the VR-group of the "Virtual and Augmented Reality" department. He is now the head of the "Visual Computing System Technologies" department which coordinates the current and future efforts to develop the InstantReality and the X3DOM frameworks.Dr. Don BrutzmanDirecting Member - supporting Naval Postgraduate School -- Don Brutzman is a computer scientist and Associate Professor working in the Modeling Virtual Environments & Simulation (MOVES) Institute at the Naval Postgraduate School in Monterey California. Currently he cochairs the Extensible 3D (X3D) and X3D CAD Working Groups for the Web3D Consortium. Together with Leonard Daly he is coauthor of the book X3D Graphics for Web Authors, published April 2007 by Morgan Kaufmann. He is a retired naval submarine officer. His research interests include real-time 3D computer graphics, underwater robotics, artificial intelligence, and high-performance networking.Dr. Darrell HurtOrganization Member - supporting NIH -- Darrell Hurt, Ph.D., heads the Computational Biology Section of the Bioinformatics and Computational Biosciences Branch in the Office of Cyber Infrastructure and Computational Biology at the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID). Dr. Hurt focuses on computational structural biology, including protein folding, docking, and molecular dynamics. He also provides special expertise in 3D printing, visualization, and modeling. Before working at NIAID, Dr. Hurt did postdoctoral work in lipid signaling and cell trafficking using X-ray crystallography with Dr. James Hurley at National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK). His educational background includes a B.S. in Chemistry with honors from Brigham Young University and a combined M.S./Ph.D. in Chemistry from Cornell University under the mentorship of Dr. Jon Clardy. His doctoral work was recognized with the Pauling Award from the American Crystallographic Association, and he is the author of several scientific research articles.Dr. Vincent MarchettiProfessional Member -- Vincent Marchetti is a consultant currently working on projects involving GPS applications for surveying and the construction industry, and machine learning techniques for financial market analysis and bioinformatics. He has developed X3D applications for landfill management and is currently working on using the X3D standard as a tool for visualization of CAD/CAM information represented in STEP files. A component of this work is an online web application that extracts solid models from STEP files and renders them as X3D or X3DOM content.He received a Ph.D. in Physics from Cornell University for work in experimental atomic physics and has held teaching positions at Oberlin College and Clarkson University.Mike McCannSecretary -- Organization Member - supporting Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute -- As a software engineer in the Support Engineering Group, Mike develops and supports applications and systems for acquiring, storing, and visualizing MBARI collected data. There are interesting challenges in the effort to glean information from the diverse collections of data that MBARI has the unique capabilities to acquire.To provide good service Mike draws on his background in physical oceanography, scientific visualization, and his volunteer service at the Monterey Bay Aquarium.Before coming to MBARI in February 1996 Mike worked for 11 years at the Naval Postgraduate School, the last few years of which he spent analyzing and visualizing the output from various versions of eddy-resolving global ocean circulation models.Christophe MoutonDirecting Member - supporting EDF -- A graduate from Telecom SudParis, Christophe MOUTON joined the CAD team of the R&D center of Electricty of France, the French Power utility in 2001. In charge of studying remote collaborative visualization for EDF scientists, he has been investigating the Web3D technology since 2003 at the Web3D ACM Conference in Saint Malo (France).EDF became a member of the Web3D Consortium in 2004 and helped ISO to adopt the X3D binary standard with XIOT, the first opensource API library to read and write X3D binary files.In 2008 he built one of the major displaywalls in Europe, creating a full web access to remote graphics resources: VisuPortal. In 2011 he moved ito the nuclear engineering unit of EDF and he is now in charge of the standardization expertise for 3D mock-up, massive 3D visualization for the Web and data handover for EDF Plants projects.He is member of the board of the Web3D Consortium since 2012.His scientific papers can be found at: http://independent.academia.edu/christopheMoutonDr. Nicholas PolysPresident -- Directing Member - supporting Virginia Tech -- Nicholas F. Polys is Director of Visual Computing with Virginia Tech Research Computing Group and Affiliate Research Professor in the Department of Computer Science. He has developed interactive 3D graphic content and systems for over 15 years. His research interests lie at the center of graphics and Human Computer Interaction: the intersection of visualization, virtual environments, and perception. After his undergraduate research in Cognitive Science at Vassar College (1996), he jumped into the networked information space of the WWW developing audio, visual, and 3D assets and software. His doctoral work at Virginia Tech (2006) examined perceptual cues and layout behaviors for Information-Rich Virtual Environments for desktop to immersive platforms.He is a member of ACM, IEEE Computer Society, and the Web3D Consortium. He is a co-author of the international standard (ISO) Extensible 3D (X3D), elected Director and President of the Web3D Consortium, and Chair of the Web3D Medical Working Group.Dr. Jorge PosadaOrganization Member - supporting Vicomtech -- Jorge Posada is Associate Director at Vicomtech - Visual Interaction and Communication Technologies Centre since 2001. He earned a Ph.D. in Computer Science & Engineering from the Technische Universität Darmstadt (Germany) in the field of 3D large model visualization in virtual reality for industrial plants. After working for several years as researcher at the Fraunhofer Institute for Computer Graphics (Germany), in the Industrial Applications department, he joined in 2001 the R&D centre VICOMTech (San Sebastian, Spain) as Associate Director. Vicomtech is one of the leading applied research institutions in Spain with a focus in Computer Graphics -110 researchers, 40 Ph.D-. Jorge Posada works in applied research in the field of virtual reality, 3D graphics & data visualization in several fields, especially in Industry, Engineering and Media applications. Jorge Posada is also the President of the Board of the international network GraphicsMedia.net, the International Network for the Cooperation in Applied Research in Computer Graphics, Multimodal-Multimedia Technologies, and Visual Interactive Digital Media Technologies, with 7 members worldwide. He is a promoter of the innovative use of Computer graphics and Visual Computing technologies for Industry 4.0 and Industrial Internet.Jorge Posada is member of IEEE, ACM and Eurographics. He has co-authored about 80 research publications and has been co-director of 3 Ph.D. Thesis directly related to Computer Graphics and 3D. He is currently member of the Editorial Board of the Journal Multimedia Tools and Applications (Springer), and has been member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the international Journal Computer & Graphics (Elsevier) and the International Journal of Virtual Reality (IPI Press). He is also very active in international top conferences such as ACM/Eurographics Web3D 2013 (General Chair), ACM/Eurographics Web3D 2012 (General Co-Chair) and KES 2012 (General Co-Chair).Michael RussalesiVice President -- Organization Member - supporting Synergy Software Design -- Michael Russalesi is currently the co-owner and Chief Operating Officer of Synergy Software Design, LLC. Michael is also responsible for business development, user interface/experience design, and software development. Under his lead, Synergy deployed to the Navy an all-digital web-based solution for specialized facility inspections (SPIDERS). SPIDERS has reduced the total cost of Navy specialized facility inspections by 30%. Michael also lead the team that deployed the first and only enterprise 3D facility planning tool to the Navy that utilizes X3D. He has been contracting with the Navy for 12 years and has worked on various tasks ranging from project management, scanning services, and custom software programming to marketing and outreach.Web3D StaffAnita HaveleExecutive Director - Web3D Staff --Anita Havele has over 15 years' of experience in computer graphics, and a strong background in technical marketing of open standards in 2D/3D graphics. She has developed strategic roadmaps to build and deliver next-generation new media 3D successfully. She has extensive experience in developing and managing programs for promotion and adoption of standards. She is currently the executive director of the Web3D Consortium implementing strategic plans for the global growth and adoption of the Consortium’s standards and 3D technology. She also co-ordinates and work with other standard organizations such as W3C, OGC, ISO and Khronos.Before joining the Web3D Consortium her standards work extended to the automotive industry as part of a leading group at GM/EDS standardizing the design engineering processes. The nonconformance and revenue loss at GM lead to her strong support of open standards for advancement of emerging technologies. After leaving EDS she continued her involved in standards development developing methodologies and standards procedures in Finite Element Analysis (FEA) for the automotive design analysis industry. She is a member of ACM, IEEE Computer Society, and the Web3D Consortium. She holds a Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Marquette University, USA.Dr. Richard F. PukISO Liaison - Liaison Member -- Richard is the technical expert from the United States and the United Kingdom and currently serves as ISO/IEC JTC1/SC24/WG6 Convener. This involves editing and/or reviewing draft standards in the areas of computer graphics, imaging, and environmental representation.He is also the Co-editor of the VRML, H-Anim, and X3D specifications and liaison from ISO/IEC JTC1/SC24 to the Web3D Consortium. Member of X3D, Medical, and X3D Earth WGs. Richard provides computer graphics consulting, design, and implementation services with an emphasis on computer graphics standard to clients including Megatek Corporation, Naval Postgraduate School, the Defense Modeling and Simulation Office, the Web3D Consortium, and Yumetech (web graphics development). He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from Purdue University.Web3D Organizational Members3dMDhttp://3dmd.com -- With more than 1,500 static-3D and temporal-3D (4D) cameras supplied worldwide, 3dMD is the most widely used 3D camera for human subject applications that demand anatomical image precision including healthcare, wearable technologies/apparel, anthropometric/human factor, and security. Combining subject workflow efficiencies with the ability to generate a 3D sequence of high-quality motion images of the full body, head, face, foot, and/or hand, 3dMD supports many innovations from clinical findings and facial recognition to the creation of new wearable technologies that precisely adapt to a person’s shape and enhance performance.Chungbuk National Universityhttp://chungbuk.ac.kr/ -- Since its establishment on September 27, 1951 as Cheongju Junior Agriculture College, Chungbuk National University comes to celebrate its 64th opening anniversary this year. The founding of Chungbuk National University resulted from the hope of the whole residents, providing higher education demanded by the community, even though through the Korean civil war. Chungbuk Provincial College, raised to the status of Chungbuk National University, has continued to grow rapidly and has become an outstanding and leading university in Korea that plays a key role in the field of education and research. In the 1970s, Chungbuk National University, as a national university representing our region, had already prepared a springboard that could take a leap into the future.Chungbuk National University is a national university including 13 Colleges and 8 Graduate Schools. With the rapid change of the education environment followed by globalization and with unlimited competition followed by neo-liberalism, Chungbuk National University will become one of the most comparative and globalized universities through the invitation of excellent new students and outstanding new professors, the finest support for education and research of professors, an efficient environment for learning based facilities and industry academic cooperation system, and a supporting administration system.EDFhttp://www.edf.com/the-edf-group-42667.html -- EDF Group is one of the leading European energy players with Europe’s largest electricity generation assets. With our large experience of the energy markets, we can tailor our activities to local conditions and develop our expertise worldwide with our subsidiaries and equity interests around the world.Fraunhofer IGDhttp://www.igd.fraunhofer.de/en -- The Image Processing (IP) Research Department contributes in the fields of:* Efficient signal processing and compression methods* Adaptation of coding schemes to transmission protocols and methods* Implementation of hardware and software components* Development of interactive services and applications based front edge technologies* Integration of real and virtual worlds for immersive multimedia applications.George Mason University C4I Centerhttp://c4i.gmu.edu -- The Center of Excellence in C4I at George Mason University is the nation's first and only civilian university-based entity offering a comprehensive academic and research program in military applications of information technology. The center performs research in sensing and fusion, C3 architectures, communications and signal processing, command support and intelligent systems, modeling and simulation, and information systems. The center is allied with multiple academic departments, including Computer Science, Electrical/Computer/Telecommunications Engineering, Statistics, Systems Engineering and Operations Research.JeJu National Universityhttp://www.jejunu.ac.kr/_2014/eng/main.jsp -- Since its opening some 60 years ago, Jeju National University has seen tremendous growth since 1952, both qualitatively and quantitatively, establishing itself as one of Asia's prestigious and globally leading educational institutions. They aim to make an effort in the development of new computer technological skills and theory, to nurture many creative and expert talents who can play a central role in the information-oriented society and thereby contribute to the development of our nation and mankind.Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technologyhttp://www.kaist.edu/html/en -- Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST) was established in 1971 as the nation’s first graduate school specializing in science and engineering education and research. The school's founding was a catalyst for Korea’s rapid rise from a producer of light industry goods to a world leader in high-technology industries.Research emphasis from the outset has been put on both theoretical and applied studies. KAIST continues to be Korea’s foremost center for mid- to long-term strategic R&D projects with national and international significance. The University has pioneered the establishment of competitive graduate school programs in Korea.Korea Institute of Science and Technologyhttp://eng.kist.re.kr/kist_eng/main -- Founded in 1966, KIST is a premier multi disciplinary research institute in Korea. Our goal is to research, develop, and transfer creative, original technologies that are necessary to advance our nation’s science and technology base. Specifically, we focus on fusion technologies that will propel Korea’s economic growth, especially in the areas of environment, energy, health, security, and materials.KIST will continue to proactively foster partnerships with industries, universities, and research institutes. It is our firm belief that through such cooperation we can grasp rapidly changing trends in S&T field as well as accumulate and disseminate knowledge that will enhance the wellbeing of our citizens.Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institutehttp://www.mbari.org -- The Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI) is a world center for advanced research and education in ocean science and technology, through the development of better instruments, systems, and methods for scientific research in the deep waters of the ocean. MBARI emphasizes the peer relationship between engineers and scientists as a basic principle of its operation. All of the activities of MBARI must be characterized by excellence, innovation, and vision.National Institute of Standards and Technologyhttp://www.nist.gov -- Advancing the state-of-the-art in IT in such applications as cyber security and biometrics, the National Institute of Standards and Technology accelerates the development and deployment of systems that are reliable, usable, interoperable, and secure; advances measurement science through innovations in mathematics, statistics, and computer science; and conducts research to develop the measurements and standards infrastructure for emerging information technologies and applications.Naval Postgraduate Schoolhttp://www.nps.edu -- The mission of the Naval Postgraduate School is to provide relevant and unique advanced education and research programs to increase the combat effectiveness of commissioned officers of the Naval Service to enhance the security of the United States. In support of the foregoing, and to sustain academic excellence, NPS and the Department of the Navy foster and encourage a program of relevant and meritorious research which both supports the needs of Navy and Department of Defense while building the intellectual capital of Naval Postgraduate School faculty.NIHhttp://3dprint.nih.gov -- Few scientific 3D-printable models are available online, and the expertise required to generate and validate such models remains a barrier. The NIH 3D Print Exchange eliminates this gap with an open, comprehensive, and interactive website for searching, browsing, downloading, and sharing biomedical 3D print files, modeling tutorials, and educational material.The NIH 3D Print Exchange is a collaborative effort led by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases in collaboration with the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute for Child Health and Human Development and the National Library of MedicineSenseGraphicshttp://sensegraphics.com -- SenseGraphics has developed a powerful extended simulation platform with many essential features specifically designed for medical simulation. Breathtaking graphics and visual effects, realistic physical behaviour, photo realistic anatomical 3D structures created from real patient data and immersive haptic feedback -- all that takes medical simulation to the next level.Synergy Software Designhttp://ssdllc.biz/ -- Synergy Software Design, LLC is a small business, HUBZone-certified Federal government contractor established in 2004. Offering Software Development, Consulting, and CAD services to Federal government and commercial clients. Experts in the fields of facility asset management, inspection data systems, training and simulation tools, data and application requirements consulting, and healthcare IT systems. Developing emerging standards and expanding current application knowledge for future enterprise-level endeavors. Synergy deployed to the Navy an all-digital web-based solution for specialized facility inspections (SPIDERS). SPIDERS has reduced the total cost of Navy specialized facility inspections by 30%. and deployed the first and only enterprise 3D facility planning tool to the Navy that utilizes X3D. Toshibahttp://www.toshiba.co.jp -- Toshiba joins the Web3D Consortium to further improve X3D's functionality for version 4.0 (X3DOM) in the areas of volume rendering, texture mapping and other 3D visualization extensions and solutions. University of Suwonhttp://en.suwon.ac.kr -- The University of Suwon was founded by Kowoon foundation in 1982 under the mottos of Thrift, Justice, and Originality. The University has rapidly grown to be one of the major universities in Seoul metropolitan area by virtue of superb educational environment and sincere efforts of prestigious faculty and excellent students.It presently comprises ten colleges with eight divisions and forty six departments as well as a graduate school and seven special graduate schools. The University continues to develop a more suitable educational system and offer a high quality educational service to students. The multi-major system is one of those efforts through which students are expected to be able to develop their capabilities in broad and various ways. Moreover, the University is operating various research institutes, such as Kowoon Institute of Technology Innovation and Regional Consortium Center, and has been playing the role of the mecca of the development of fundamental sciences as well as the stronghold of the cooperation of industries with universities.Vicomtechhttp://www.vicomtech.es/ingles/html/index.html -- Vicomtech-IK4 (Visual Interaction and Communication Technologies Centre) is an applied research centre for Interactive Computer Graphics and Multimedia located in the Technology Park of San Sebastian (Spain).Vicomtech-IK4 is a member of the IK4 Technological Alliance, which is composed of 9 leading Basque technological centres. This alliance is one of the most importants of its kind. In the same way, Vicomtech-IK4 also belongs to the international investigation GraphicsMedia.net, composed of different international prestigious applied investigation centres. All of these members work on Computer Graphics and Multimedia technologies, which gives the net an internationalization active and strategic profile to its investigation activity.Virginia Techhttp://www.vt.edu -- Founded in 1872 as a land-grant college named Virginia Agricultural and Mechanical College, Virginia Tech is now a comprehensive, innovative research university with the largest number of degree offerings in Virginia. VT's Advanced Research Computing (ARC) is an interdisciplinary environment dedicated to advancing capabilities and insight in computational science and engineering using supercomputing and visual analysis tools. Access to data is paramount for an effective coupling of centralized resources and distributed researchers; therefore the group is focusing on the development of software infrastructures that support a variety of domains and use-cases including web service tools for data translation, manipulation, and visualization. In addition, ARC provides educational and support services to drive access to and adoption of cutting-edge integrated information spaces.Web3D Professional & Student MembersBecause we are truly open to every interested party, there are a number of Professional and Student members. You too can join the Consortium for direct professional networking with these key individuals._9117be24-ece0-11e6-898b-30babee7bae2To support open standards for real-time 3D communication._9117bf6e-ece0-11e6-898b-30babee7bae2OpennessMany organizations claim to be "open" while their requirements for full membership are actually closed. Web3D Consortium membership is fully open to industry, government agencies, academia and individual professionals. All Web3D standardization efforts also receive public scrutiny and comment as milestone requirements prior to formal ISO approval as International Standards. All contributions are royalty-free for any use according to the Web3D Consortium Intellectual Property Rights (IPR) Policy.CollaborationWeb3D contributors work in a collaborative environment that helps to develop and advance the open, royalty-free X3D interchange format. ExtensibilityExtensible stability. Extensible 3D (X3D) Graphics and Humanoid Animation (H-Anim) include a coordinated set of steadily evolving ISO standards which are publicly available and royalty free (RF) for any use. This Strategy carefully improves and evolves our standards while maintaining long-term archival stability making X3D exports and publications of interactive 3D models a first-class media type suitable for any use. Steady progress provides forwards and backwards compatibility for archival interoperability.. These standards are developed, tested, maintained and updated by Web3D Consortium members. Following public comment and approval by the Web3D Consortium, changes are submitted to International Standards Organization (ISO) as part of a series of annual reviews. The X3D Working Group proceeds collaboratively at the best speed possible for achieving rigorous quality, with progress supported by member and public contributions.StabilityProgressSteady progress. Stable progress is paramount: we only advance standards when they are ready. Backwards compatibility is maintained to the fullest extent possible, and so older versions of the X3D (and even VRML97) remain consistently correct and validatable in the latest version 3.3 of the X3D International Standard. The Web3D Consortium Standards Adoption Process describes how members accomplish this important work. Specification development is supervised by the Web3D Consortium members participating in the X3D working group, with periodic opportunities for public comment. Member contributions are critical for continued progress. Currently active X3D work includes multiple standardization initiatives ...3D CommunicationEnable the open publishing of interactive 3D graphics models on the Web, enabling real-time 3D communication._9117c00e-ece0-11e6-898b-30babee7bae2We carefully improve and evolve our Recommended Standards while maintaining long-term archival stability.X3DDeploy X3D in any Web page._9117c0ae-ece0-11e6-898b-30babee7bae21X3D Version 4.0. HTML5 integration to deploy X3D in any Web page, using X3DOM and Cobweb as candidate exemplars, eventually aligning X3D standards with Open Web Platform (OWP) strategies.MAREnable mixed and augmented reality._9117c28e-ece0-11e6-898b-30babee7bae22X3D Version 4.1. Mixed and Augmented Reality (MAR) for emerging VR-AR devices and user interfaces.H-AnimSpecify Humanoid Animation models that include hands, feet, face and motion capture (mocap)._9117c338-ece0-11e6-898b-30babee7bae23Also suitable for medical use.SRCSpecify a flexible and efficient format for progressive transmission and compositing of arbitrary 3D asset data._9117c400-ece0-11e6-898b-30babee7bae24Shape Resource Container (SRC) is aligned with binary glTF and includes meshes, textures, and arbitrary vertex attributes.EBESupport X3D Efficient Binary Encoding (EBE). _9117c478-ece0-11e6-898b-30babee7bae25Smaller file sizes, faster decompression, and streamable deployment of animation using standards-based Efficient XML Interchange (EXI) for better compression and performance, applied in combination with SRC.JSONRepresent any X3D scene using JSON to support Javascript programmers._9117c518-ece0-11e6-898b-30babee7bae26X3D Javascript Object Notation (JSON) Encoding.C /C#Support X3D Scene Access Interface (SAI) using C /C# programming languages._9117c5b8-ece0-11e6-898b-30babee7bae27X3D C /C# Language Binding. New support for X3D Scene Access Interface (SAI) using C /C# programming languages.VRMLMaintains backward compatibility with Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML97)._9117c66c-ece0-11e6-898b-30babee7bae28X3D maintains backward compatibility with this fundamentally important specification.2017-02-06http://www.web3d.org/aboutOwenAmburOwen.Ambur@verizon.net