3. Web 3D: A Brief History Intermediate Format + XML, Skinning, Programmable Pipeline, Multitexturing, … In-Browser Rendering + Animation, Scripting, Interactivity Cautious Optimism Built In GPU @mpesce #ZOMG #Winning! Model + Hyperlink in a Page Raging Indifference Competing Standards Proprietary Platforms “Virtual Worlds” “Gaming” Redefined More important stuff: Web 2.0 Mass Disillusionment No Broadband No GPUs No Killer App Warring Factions More important stuff: Web 1.0 Eager Enthusiasm @mpesce #WTF? #Winning!