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Blueshock
Up and Coming
March 26, 2014

If the future of Oculus is the web..

.. is any one going to bring back VRML? (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VRML)

It may sound a little nutty, but if the focus is to provide interconnected virtual worlds over the internet, then surely we need a common language? VRML was a fantastic failure in the 90s (I had a friend who worked for sub-club.com), but now with focus on web VR and facebook, then it could be time for a revival.

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    virror
    Up and Coming
    March 26, 2014
    "X3D is a royalty-free ISO standard XML-based file format for representing 3D computer graphics. It is successor to the Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML)."
    raidho36
    Up and Coming
    March 26, 2014
    The HTTP can well include binary data, not only textual. You don't have to use text formats. But even if you do, there's open formats such as wavefront obj.
    BlueshockAuthor
    Up and Coming
    March 26, 2014
    Is anyone using X3D in anger with a Rift? I clearly need to look into it in greater detail.
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