[Bf-committers] Web 3D plug-ing

[Bart]

Hi Ton,

 > A product like this is an excellent opportunity for a third party to
 > pickup as a business.

i understand this but which business should it be?

Most companies on the web3d business living from selling authoring tools 
(and then the player/plugin is free) or selling player/plugin and SDK 
(basic creation tools are free addons and exporters like may 
Bitmanagement does).

So think the problem is that there aren't a business when the plugin is 
GPL and Blender itself too.

The only business could be in creation but this means fighting against 
hundreds of others that uses the same technology. That is a to big 
challenge for developing a web3d plugin.

Ton Roosendaal schrieb:
> Hi,
> 
> I want to be extremely clear on this: the Blender Foundation cannot 
> officially support the (current) webplugin. There are not only severe 
> security issues with such a product, but it also should really be 
> offered using a verification key (like verisign) and being backupped by 
> a company to deliver clients/users sufficient support.
> 
> A product like this is an excellent opportunity for a third party to 
> pickup as a business.
> 
> -Ton-
> 
> On 12 Jan, 2006, at 16:16, Mal wrote:
> 
>> Hans Lambermont wrote:
>>
>>>> have you made any progress?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Sadly no :-/
>>>
>>>> Is there any improvements that could be committed to CVS?
>>>>
>>>
>>> Not yet, we looked into the failed registering of the plugin and didn't
>>> put enough work in it to find out why it is b0rken. It might be
>>> something silly like this :
>>>
>>> -       return("application/x-blender-plugin:blend:Blender 3D content");
>>> +       return("application/x-blender-plugin:blend:Blender 3D 
>>> content\n");
>>>
>>> in source/gameengine/GamePlayer/netscape/src/UnixShell.c
>>>
>>> I still hope to create time to dig into it again. Maybe soon, I meet
>>> some old NaN employees tomorrow evening, so who knows ;-)
>>>
>>> regards,
>>>   Hans Lambermont
>>>
>>
>> Hans, it would be absolutely awesome to see a the web plugin working 
>> again!
>>
>> With working in the Shockwave 3D field, I know that the demand for web 
>> 3D content is really hot at the moment, and this can only continue, so 
>> it would be a great time for Blender to get in on this area.
>>
>> Regards...
>> Mal
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