Universal 3D File Format In The Works 464
telstar writes "The Register is reporting that more than 30 companies are working together to define a new file format intended to serve as a universal 3D file format. The new file format will be named the 'Universal 3D Format', or U3D. According to the article, they hope to make the new format as standard as MP3 has become for audio, and JPEG has become for 2D images. Interesting that they would choose two lossy media formats as models for comparison."
CX (Score:5, Funny)
will allow 3D data to be more easily incorporated into other apps, such as web browsers
I hope the Christmas Island people get their act together before this becomes widely used... the horror... the horror...
so.... (Score:5, Funny)
I can't see 3D graphics! (Score:2, Funny)
Standards (Score:5, Funny)
The Register is reporting that more than 30 companies are working together to define a new file format intended to serve as a universal 3D file format.
I forget who said it, but I think this fits very well: "The great thing about standards is that there are so many to choose from."
Lossy 3d? (Score:3, Funny)
Well, this is probably a sign that the new 3d format will probably reduce 3d files to 2d or 2.5d. So you'll lose some of the third dimension when you save in it.
Re:JPEG patent is bullshit (Score:5, Funny)
I predict... (Score:2, Funny)
It will be XML based (i.e. text file with tags), use MIME to encode bitmaps, and be so bloated you will need a 10GHz P5 with 4GB of RAM just to render a rotating "Hello, World!" file...
Re:3D what? (Score:4, Funny)
Dear lord... (Score:4, Funny)
Lossy 3D FIle Format? (Score:1, Funny)
The standardization would benefit consumers more (Score:4, Funny)
Ooooor, it's interesting that they compared it to a few formats that have allowed real people with real-world storage capacity to enjoy/share media of different flavors.
"Dude, you should see this 3D monster I created! Just let me plug my iEverything into the accompanying 70 lb. iRenderFarm."
Re:Danger, Danger... (Score:3, Funny)
Re:JPEG patent is bullshit (Score:5, Funny)
I mean, come on. 'BurnAllGIFS.' It practically reeks of professionalism and years of law school.
As an aside, I have this CD full of GIFs I burned, but nobody ever told me what I was supposed to do with them after I burned them. Anyone?
Re:I can't see 3D graphics! (Score:1, Funny)
Re:CX (Score:5, Funny)
goatse-like 3D structure screenshot hosted on a website not safe for work [fleshbot.com]
Re:Really bad examples to pick... (Score:3, Funny)
Consortium announces universal file format (Score:4, Funny)
Burbank, CA - A consortium of one programmer is working to
define a new file format intended to seve as a universal
file format for all data. The new file format will be
named the 'Universal File Format', of UFF. According to
the consortium, he hopes to make the new format as
standard as MP3 has become for audio, and JPEG has
become for 2D images.
"The basic structure of my file format is a sequence of
8-bit numbers," says the consortium, "in which each
number can represent anything required by the users of
the file."
HEY! (Score:3, Funny)
(ducks for cover...) ;-)
Re:Dear lord... (Score:1, Funny)
http://www.xglspec.org/
http://www.euclideanspace.com/threed/file/
There's a God in heaven and he hates us.