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ECMA-363 Extends the Life of 3D Data

Ecma standardises Universal 3D (U3D) -

a file format which makes 3D
data accessible to mainstream business applications.
ECMA-363 covers new usage models for 3D data,
allowing interactive 3D graphics in mainstream business applications
such as online promotion, marketing and sales. The standard defines a
Universal 3D (U3D) file format which streamlines large, complex 3D
CAD datasets. Consequently, U3D allows easy, high-quality viewing of
interactive 3D data on ordinary hardware platforms without the need
for proprietary software or viewers.
Extensibility as a key feature - ECMA-363, 2nd edition, was
adopted by Ecma on 9 August 2005 and allows the addition of new
modifiers to change the 3D model. In addition, the extensibility
feature of the format allows software vendors to differentiate their
products. This will promote the longevity of the standard and provide
the flexibility sought by software suppliers.
Open source - Open-source runtime libraries enable independent
software vendors to easily implement compression, streaming,
animation and various other features in their applications. These
libraries and sample software implementation are available from
SourceForge (http://sourceforge.net/projects/u3d/) and the 3D
Industry Forum (http://www.3dif.org).
Adobe as an early adopter - Intel Corporation, Adobe, Bentley
Systems, Incorporated and more than 25 other companies have joined
the 3D Industry Forum (3DIF) to develop the standard in cooperation
with Ecma International. An early adopter of U3D is Adobe Systems
Incorporated: Acrobat(r) 7.0 Professional software and the free
Adobe® Reader® support the new file format. (www.adobe.com).
Other adopters include Bentley Systems, Incorporated
(www.bentley.com), Actify (www.actify.com) and Right Hemisphere
(www.righthemisphere.com).
"Intel believes in the importance of open standards to help drive
new technologies forward and bring new benefits to the industry,"
said Jonathan Khazam, general manager and vice-president of Intel
Platform Software Products.  "U3D will facilitate the use of 3D
interactive models, enriching and enabling new classes of
applications.  In addition to Intel's role in developing the
standard, Intel, through the 3D Industry Forum (3DIF), is offering
open-source reference code to assist developers wishing to take
advantage of the new technology."
"The efforts of Ecma and the 3DIF to develop an open 3D standard
will help drive worldwide adoption in industries such as
manufacturing and AEC, where the ability to visualize design is
crucial," said Eugene Lee, vice-president of product marketing in
Adobe's Intelligent Documents Business Unit. "We're committed to
supporting standards in our products. Through support for U3D in
Acrobat 7.0 Professional, the free Adobe Reader and PDF, we're
helping organizations reliably share 3D content with virtually anyone
inside or outside the firewall."
About Ecma International
Since its inception in 1961, Ecma International (Ecma) has
developed standards for Information and Communication Technology
(ICT) and Consumer Electronics (CE). Ecma is a non-profit industry
association of technology developers, vendors and users. Experts from
industry and other organizations work together at Ecma to develop
standards. Ecma submits its work for approval as ISO, IEC, ISO/IEC
and ETSI standards and is the inventor and main practitioner of "fast
tracking" of specifications through the standardisation process in
International Standards Organisations (ISOs) such as the ISO and the
IEC. Publications can be downloaded free of charge from
http://www.ecma-international.org/.
About the 3D Industry Forum (3DIF)
Established by Intel in 2003, the 3D Industry Forum (3DIF) is a
group of more than 25 companies that promote 3D technologies and
standards and provide tools, information, and education for using
these technologies. The purpose of 3DIF is to further the adoption of
3D by establishing industry focused 3DIF offerings and market data
which will be widely accepted and deployed in a commercially viable
manner by content developers, software and hardware ISVs, government
bodies and end users. (www.3dif.org)

Contact:

Jan W. van den Beld
Ecma International
CH-1204 Geneva
T/F +41/22/849'60'00/01
http://www.ecma-international.org/

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