[Papervision3D] Will the Web go 3D?

[Justin Lawerance Mills]

I agree in principle... but aren't decent 3d interfaces harder to  
create than 2D

This link is particularly interesting, I found awhile back may give  
papervisionaries some ideas
http://nooface.net/3dui.shtml




On 3 Nov 2007, at 17:14, Carlos Ulloa wrote:

> Remember when some people said that 3D had no future for games? I  
> had a friend that used to compare Mortal Kombat digitized graphics  
> with blocky Virtua Fighter. Also remember some people saying they'd  
> always work faster from command line than having to use the mouse.  
> Maybe I'm getting old...
>
> C4
>
>
>
> BeppeT wrote:
>> Jon Bradley-2 wrote:
>>
>>> In the end, if it's not physical 3D ends up being 2D.
>>> So, it's all 2D anyway.  :)
>>>
>>>
>> Absolutly right!
>>
>> I was thinking relatively to the representation plane.
>> In users mind the graphical interface 2D space is transparently 3D:
>> leaving apart philosopy and hypertext theory stuff or relief shaded
>> buttons...
>> Windows are sent to front and back, we have pull down menus, we drag
>> something over something else and so on. All is made using 2D  
>> shapes but
>> (with more or less visual clues) it makes to infer a 3d envirorment.
>>
>> To go on with 3D vs 2D... Old browsers used to have 1 window per  
>> page.
>> Modern browser now use as default tabs because they realized that  
>> the 3D
>> juxtaposition of windows was too much 3D for a comfortable  
>> navigation in the
>> (modern) use of browsers.
>>
>> So... welcome to 3D in browsers, it is 1 more tool for  
>> communication and 1
>> chance to redefine 2D.
>>
>>
>>
>
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