Comments on: Will O3D Get Google Back Into Virtual Worlds?

By: Mat G

Mat G — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 15:22:51 +0000

If I make a simple game using this, does this game will be playable on a Android phone?

If yes this should be interesting ... :)

By: Google’s O3D and WebGL the next wave for virtual worlds?

Google’s O3D and WebGL the next wave for virtual worlds? — Tue, 17 Nov 2009 20:50:58 +0000

[...] very different requirements than intense video games. Wagner James Au already commented on the potential for Google’s O3D and WebGL to support virtual worlds and highlighted that exact point. Virtual worlds are hardly just about graphics, however; at least [...]

By: How Will Google Chrome OS Change Gaming? | Tech Newz

How Will Google Chrome OS Change Gaming? | Tech Newz — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 20:39:03 +0000

[...] Google’s Chrome OS has added a very interesting wrinkle to the future of online gaming. As we reported back in May, Google reportedly plans to fully integrate O3D, the company’s rich 3D graphics plug-in, into [...]

By: Captain Hoff

Captain Hoff — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 17:03:07 +0000

I think that while interesting, O3D won’t gain a lot of traction beyond Chrome, and Chrome is still a very small slice of the pie. The one interesting ace in the hole is Google Wave, which if it catches on and is fully compatible with 03D, the combination could produce some interesting hybrid apps, that involve 3D spaces, messaging, avatars and social networking. But for this to take place, Google Wave has to be a hit product with mass adoption.

As for virtual worlds using 03D, I think it’s going to be hard for Google to compete with dedicated providers, like Unity and Instant Action. Probably the best uses of 03D will come from websites and social networks that want to add fun 3D environments or content to an otherwise non-virtual world service. This could be interesting.

That said, I’ve been wrong before, so maybe Google has some trick up its sleeve to gain mass adoption, like a deal with Firefox for 03D. That could turn the tables.

Hoff

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What does the future of Maps look like? Google Earth | rapid-DEV.net — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 05:37:35 +0000

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By: MixedRealities :: And now all together… Milo, Wave, browsers and Virtual Worlds

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 21:40:04 +0000

[...] of all, hat tip to Wagner James Au for his musings (on Gigaom) about the combination of Chrome, 03D and the Wave which could mean that Google make a successful [...]

By: Nirgame

Nirgame — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 05:38:43 +0000

Just a small correction. Habbo works on Shockwave and not Flash.

By: Gwyneth Llewelyn

Gwyneth Llewelyn — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:26:02 +0000

Hmm. I hope that Google has learned their lesson, "crippled" virtual worlds will not work :) Jon's right. This solutio by Google is a good VRML/X3D replacement, in the sense that it provides a new set of protocols to replace X3D, but also gives us a nice embeddable plugin. But... ultimately, what you can do with it now, when it's released? Granted, I suppose that Google really wishes us to think about the possibilities of what they might release in the future. Again, it should be Raph Koster worrying :)

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Wed, 03 Jun 2009 10:24:43 +0000

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By: The Googleverse re-emerges? | Virtual Learning Worlds

The Googleverse re-emerges? | Virtual Learning Worlds — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:24:23 +0000

[...] toe back in the MMO/Virtual world space. No concrete evidence has emerged yet, but some interesting posts are starting to pop up about Google’s O3D technology, their effort to put full 3D environments inside of [...]

By: Jon W

Jon W — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:23:07 +0000

You understand that o3d is just a 3D scene graph API, right?
And a virtual world needs communication, voice chat, application sharing, avatars, animations, physics, and a bunch of other things, right?
While you can program o3d in JavaScript, don’t expect that to be able to keep up with the native 3D engines like Unity, Instant Action or similar.
o3d will be relevant if it gets the same level of adoption as Flash — if an advertiser can build o3d content without worrying about losing viewers, then they’ll get somewhere.

By: Raph’s Website » Google’s O3D and VW’s

Raph’s Website » Google’s O3D and VW’s — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 02:04:15 +0000

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