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The 3rd Way: Handling 3D on the Web

Discover the latest 3d web possibilities since the outbreak of open source 3d engines in Flash (Papervision3d, Away3d and Sandy). Rob compares the relative merits between these and other competing 3d formats. See what constitutes good use of 3d, and how things can be done well, what happens when 3d is abused, and how the application of 3d can create compelling and intuitive user interfaces.

• Difficulty: Fundamental
• Prerequisites: Knowledge of Actionscript
• Session Track: UX Design,Frameworks,Flash,Flex

Session Detail

Rob's 2008 presentation is available complete with slides and links on his blog Infinite Tutles.

Speakers

Rob Bateman (London, UK)

Rob Bateman is the co-founder of Away3D, a popular open source framework for producing realtime 3D graphics in Flash. He has been involved in programming for the web for over 10 years, and created his first 3D engine back in 2001 using Flash 5. It was pretty terrible. Since then he has worked for a variety of agencies and institutions, the longest stint at the BBC where he moved into Flash fulltime and created many successful games and applications for the BBC Sport and News websites. More...