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On 2 May 2007, at 17:09, Richard Davey wrote:

> Pete Fairhurst wrote:
>
>> How is "true" 3D relevant to web applications though, short of wooly
>> Minority Report-esque flights of fancy?  It hasn't worked on the
>> desktop (I seriously doubt it ever will in the conventional sense)
>
> Because the web isn't just about 'applications' ? There is a
> multi-billion dollar casual gaming industry out there that is crying
> out for decent 3D support in a plugin. Flash hasn't delivered yet,
> Java was dropped from most browsers, and Silverlight will ignore it
> too. That's just one field that could have worked.

Hasn't Director had 3D since 8.5 - before that too if you used Barry
Swan's 3D lingo engine? Didn't lead to a massive uptake of the plugin
though, AFAIR.