This exciting, cutting-edge book explores the worlds of three-dimensional and web design. Guided by twenty-three international experts, novices and experienced designers alike will discover the dynamism and challenge of the three- dimensional realm and the intricacies and unlimited possibilities of homepage design. The book features a selection of step-by-step techniques, as well as tips and tricks, and a gallery displaying some of the newest and most imaginative work.

Presenting the techniques required to incorporate 3D animation into website design, this text covers a number of relevant topics including interface design for 3D websites, designing and making characters, building virtual environments, and making a 3D game.

For a company to survive in the manufacturing industry, it must not only accumulate light-weight 3D data, but also share this information within the company and with related companies as well as train key personnel. 3D Manufacturing Innovation introduces the best practices developed by Toyota, Sony, Nikon, Casio and other pioneers in the global engineering scene, providing the reader with invaluable tips for manufacturing innovation.

One of the world's leading animation software, 3D Studio brought high-level, professional animation to the world of DOS. Now, the the new 3D Studio Max brings this power to Windows developers. Leaving all those boring manuals behind, this guide gives designers easy-to-use tips, tricks, and techniques for making great animation and designs. The CD-ROM is packed with samples, projects, and more.

Over the year's web browsers have been incorporating new technologies, changing from simple page viewers with plain text and some images to platforms that allow us to create three-dimensional games. The revolution began with improved CSS styles and continued with the addition of relational and documental databases and the ability to create applications that work in offline mode without internet connection. Progress continued with the incorporation of audiovisual technologies, the possibility of watching movies, native audio management, including speech recognition and speech synthesis for reading texts. Finally, the incorporation of 3D technology (WebGL) with hardware acceleration, motion detection and virtual reality technology, have meant that the WEB programming is as every bit as good as other platforms and traditional languages. Therefore, I decided to start a collection of books that allows us to explore these developments and become true experts. To distinguish the collection from other books on the market I've focused on teaching how to perform a role-playing game in first person, merely as an excuse to gradually introduce WEB technologies. What does the first book of the collection cover? The book is aimed at those who want to explore how to create 3D animation, either to add visual elements to their web pages, as well as those who want to try their luck in game design. In it we'll learn how to: * Use the Three.js library to create and animate a basic scene. * To prepare the development environment and solve the main problems we encounter. * To use geometries and materials offered by the default library. * To create advanced textures and transparencies. * To illuminate the scene and create shadows. * To load objects made with third party platforms and animate them using different techniques. * To use the keyboard, mouse and even body movement to control the camera. Finally, we'll create our first game location. A beautiful medieval village with its castle and cemetery, full of villagers walking about and doing daily chores and a thick forest full of dangerous monsters. What is the game like? The game spans from the creation of 3D scenes to the management of music and sound effects, artificial intelligence, character animation and monsters, saving the current game, subsequently recovering it and finally packaging. What prior knowledge is needed? This book is suitable for anyone with basic knowledge of JavaScript and HTML. No knowledge of advanced mathematics or WebGL are needed.

Create high-performance, visually stunning 3D applications for the Web, using HTML5 and related technologies such as CSS3 and WebGL—the emerging web graphics standard. With this book, you’ll learn how to use the tools, frameworks, and libraries for building 3D models and animations, mind-blowing visual effects, and advanced user interaction in both desktop and mobile browsers. In two parts—Foundations and Application Development Techniques—author Tony Parisi provides a thorough grounding in theory and practice for designing everything from a simple 3D product viewer to immersive games and interactive training systems. Ideal for developers with Javascript and HTML experience. Explore HTML5 APIs and related technologies for creating 3D web graphics, including WebGL, Canvas, and CSS Work with the popular JavaScript 3D rendering and animation libraries Three.js and Tween.js Delve into the 3D content creation pipeline, and the modeling and animation tools for creating killer 3D content Look into several game engines and frameworks for building 3D applications, including the author’s Vizi framework Create 3D environments with multiple objects and complex interaction, using examples and supporting code Examine the issues involved in building WebGL-based 3D applications for mobile browsers