About using 3-D content Author - Neil Strudwick There are somebasic questions that need to be answered before using this type of content.
<insert video on 3D> What is 3D? The first computer based systems using the 3rd dimension were called CAD (Computer Aided Design) for industrial use. These applications were extremely complex in their operation and labor intensive to use. Today 3D is not only used in industry but also for entertainment in broadcasting, simulation and video games. As 3D graphics becomes more widely accepted the tools and techniques have become more sophisticated and available to PC requirements for 3D Most computer today if they are were made around 2006 have 3D capability built into the video card. The two most popular manufacturers of 3D video cards are NVIDIA and ATI. Having a video card takes the strain of displaying 3D data away from the main CPU of the computer. This speeds up the refresh rate and makes viewing and animating 3D models much smoother. Plug-ins and software patches If you create 3D with 3D software then the software will use a software patch known as a driver. This software allows communication between the software and the 3D video card. Each video card manufacturer has a different driver for each model of video card they create. This is a bit like having a printer driver that allows your PC to communicate with different printers. Plug-ins are often required for web browsers so that multimedia elements such as video can be displayed inside a browser window. It is no different for 3D, however it is not always nescessary to display 3D in real-time. A lot of 3D is often rendered as static images or mixed with 2D elements and displayed as video or 2D animation. JPEG and PNG are popular image formats and Quicktime and Flash are popular video and animation formats. Note: More information on 3D can be found on the links page. |
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