From: mike@3dweb.com (3D WEB) Subject: MISC: 3D WEB Needs Beta Testers for VRML 2.0 Authoring Tool Date: 8 Nov 1996 23:21:02 GMT Message-ID: <560f8u$mjd@masters0.InterNex.Net> Organization: 3D WEB 3D WEB develops SPINNER and SPINNER Pro for Windows 95 and NT with support for Direct3D and OpenGL. Starting at $99, these 3D VRML animation tools for the Web allow you to quickly create 3D animated scenes with or without programming. Release date is November. *** Minimum requirements for running SPINNER *** SPINNER's minimum requirement are a 486 Intel processor with 8Meg of RAM running the Microsoft Windows NT or Windows 95 operating systems. To achieve optimum performance, run SPINNER on a Pentium or Pentium Pro Intel processor with 16Meg of RAM. Because SPINNER supports Direct3D and OpenGL, performance will be greatly improved with a graphics card which support these graphics libraries. Information on the latest releases, help file and product information for SPINNER will be available at http://www.3dweb.com. *** What you can do with SPINNER? *** SPINNER lets you create your own objects from primitives or import 3D objects. Objects you can import include: DXF - AutoCad by Autodesk OBJ - Object by Wavefront GEO - Geoscope by Geoscope SLP - Pro/Engineer by SDRC NFF - WorldToolKit by Sense8 FLT - Multigen by Multigen VRML 2.0 You can arrange your scene any way you like, apply materials and textures to any object in the scene and add colored lights. SPINNER has been tested with the following VRML browsers: Cosmo Player from SGI (vrml.sgi.com), Liquid Reality from DimensionX (www.dimensionx.com) or Community Place (vs.sony.co.jp). * Direct3D real-time rendering of objects for fast rendering of objects with textures. Combined with a graphics card that support Direct3D, SPINNER offers fast rendering of textured objects to get your job done faster. * OpenGL real-time rendering for fast rendering of scenes with excellent support for materials Ability to create, edit and group simple primitives (cube, sphere, cone, cylinder). * Unsurpassed export capabilities for exporting your scene to VRML 2.0 with current support for primitives, facesets, materials, textures, lights (spot, directional and point). * Unlimited Browse and Edit views. *Orthogonal views for easy layout of any 3D scene. * Real-time feedback of changes in the scene, such as applying textures or materials, or editing lights. Support for the following textures: GIF, JPG, BMP, TGA and 26 other types. Textures can be applied on both an object and on a per polygon basis. * Jacks for scaling, moving, and rotating. * Familiar tools from leading paint programs such as Marquee zoom, marquee selection, pan, paintbrush, paintbucket, and an eye dropper. * Familiar navigation aids from Live3D including right mouse orbit and Ctrl keys to Look and Rotate * Ability to delete polygons from primitives or break away parts of a primitive (i.e., break a cone down the center) and save as new objects. The purpose of this closed and confidential beta program is to get feedback on the usability of our product. This program will take time on your part so please respond only if you feel you can devote at least 25 hours to it. The program will begin sometime in November. Please answer the following questions and email your answers to mike@3dweb.com. In each question choose all that apply. A. My primary responsibility is (please choose a ** maximum ** of two)... 1.Developing software in C++, Java or Visual Basic 2.Designing 2D Graphics 3.3D Modeling or Animating 4.HTML Hacking or maintaining our web server (Webmaster) 5.Business Marketing 6.fill in the blank -> B. I use ... 1.Windows 95 2.Windows NT 3.Window 3.1 4.Macintosh C. My hardware is .. 1.486 or below 2.Pentium 3.Pentium Pro 4.Mac or PowerMac D. For 2D tools, I use (choose the tools you use most often and indicate whether you are an E for expert or C for casual user)... 1.Adobe Photoshop 2.Adobe Illustrator 3.KPT Fractal Painter 4.Paint Shop Pro 5.Micrografx 6.these 2D tools -> E. For 3D tools, I use...(choose the tools you use most often and indicate whether you are an E for expert or C for casual user)... 1.3D Studio 2.SoftImage 3.Strata Studio 4.RayDream 5.Pioneer 6.Truespace 7.Trispectives 8.these 3D tools -> F. For HTML tools, I use...(choose the tools you use most often and indicate whether you are an E for expert or C for casual user)... 1.FrontPage 2.HotMetal 3.In Context Spider 4.HotDog 5.Netscape Gold 6.this web tool -> G. I work for ... 1.myself 2.a corporation doing inhouse web design 3.a design firm doing web design for other corporations 4.no one! I'm a student, dummy, who is studying to be a ... 5.none of the above. The situation is this... H. My or our company's annual budget for all the software we need to deliver web sites (including 2D, 3D, HTML, Web Server software) is 1.$999 or less 2.$1000 - 10,000 3.$10,000 - 50,000 4.$50,000 - $100,000 5.$100,000 - $500,000 6.$500,000 and up I. We have 3D VRML files on our web site at www. J. We used the following tools to build this site (choose the tools you use most often and indicate whether you are an E for expert, C for casual user or B for beta testing)... 1.Virtus' 3D Web Site Builder 2.IDS' V*Realm Builder 3.Caligari's Truespace 4.Caligari's Pioneer 5.Caligari's Pioneer Pro 6.Paragraph's VHSB 7.Paragraph's ISB 8.Kinetix's 3D Studio MAX 9.Sony's Conductor 10.SGI's Cosmo Create K. Of the 3D web tool we used (or beta tested), we really like .....___________ tool (s) because of the following reasons: L. Fill in the blank: I think that VRML companies are missing the mark. We need tools vendors to enable these type of experiences: M. My contact info is (Name, Phone, preferred email address AND web site)... N. So you want me to attend beta meetings in San Francisco (at my own expense:>). My answer is emphatically .... Thanks. We'll get back to you right away. Thanks! Mike Conduris, Assistant Visionary 3D WEB mike@3dweb.com