http://community.brighton.ac.uk/jd29/weblog/50555.html

Full story at: http://jondron.cofind.net:80/frshowresource.php?tid=5325&resid=1401

It looks like the 3D Web is nearing reality. The current generation of general-purpose immersive spaces (e.g. Second Life, There, Wonderland, OpenSim etc) are clunky, poorly-interoperable, resource-hungry monoliths that help to show the potential but are really not ready for mass adoption. These two initiatives (WebGL and O3D) should be exactly what is needed to build a truly standards-compliant and open immersive web. I recall similar arguments in the early to mid nineties about VRML and later X3D but maybe this is the bit of the puzzle that means we get the real thing at last!
Created:Fri, 07 Aug 2009 20:47:00 GMT