Declarative 3D: Community Group Leads Real-time 3D + Web Rationalization

Mountain View, CA (PRWEB) August 08, 2011

The Web3D Consortium has joined forces with the W3C and Khronos standards organizations to launch a new open Community Group chartered to examine the requirements, options, and use cases for an integration of interactive 3D graphics capabilities into the W3C technology stack. While imperative graphics APIs are powerful and necessary , a Declarative 3D description can provide web authors an easy way to add interactive high-level declarative 3D objects through the HTML Document Object Model (DOM). For example, this description should support web authors to easily create, share, and experience interactive 3D graphics using Javascript and HTML documents. The community group was launched with a meeting at the annual ACM Web3D Conference 2011 in Paris, France.

Platforms for 3D delivery over the web have been evolving for almost two decades. Recent developments such as the HTML5 canvas tag and WebGL open up a huge new audience and channel for interactive 3D since no plug-in is required to visualize complex 3D data and build rich 3D-enabled web applications. Throughout the development of HTML5, the Web3D Consortium provided key input regarding motivation, goals and examples of how the ISO standard X3D scenegraph can be integrated with the DOM.

X3D DOM (http://www.x3dom.org), developed by Fraunhofer IGD, is one such open-source solution leveraging the existing ISO standard of Extensible 3D (X3D) with the W3C DOM and WebGL. The release of X3DOM 1.2 will be showcased though demos in the Web3D Consortium Booth (# 814) including features like Flash integration as well as new developments in an asymmetric data approach to support large data-sets in declarative 3D scenes. In addition X3DOM content and examples will be presented at several BOFs including WebGL and the X3D/HTML5 BOF.

SIGGRAPH Event Schedule

Join the Web3D community at their Tech Talk (Wednesday Aug 10 from 5:00 6:00 PM) showcasing their incredible X3D innovations you wont believe its real time! Come network with leading Web3D technologists at the Tech Talk and join the revolution! This is a must-attend event to educate and engage yourself in the latest 3D Web developments. In addition, Birds of the Feather sessions at SIGGRAPH include: X3D and HTML5, Medical Visualization, Augmented and Mixed Reality, a Consortium Town Hall meeting, and a meeting of the Web3D C Korean Chapter. More information on all the Web3D Consortium events at SIGGRAPH 2011 is available at: http://www.web3d.org/events/details/web3d-at-siggraph-2011.

About the Web3D Consortium:

The Web3D Consortium is a member-driven organization involved in many technical initiatives across the 4D value chain. The Web3D Consortium is a member-funded industry consortium committed to the creation and deployment of open, royalty-free standards that enable the communication of real-time 3D across applications, networks, and XML web services. The Consortium works closely with the ISO, MPEG and has active projects with OGC, DICOM, IMS, KHRONOS and W3C standardization bodies to maximize market opportunities for its membership. More information on Web3D and Consortium membership is available at http://www.web3d.org.

Contact Information:

Anita Havele, Executive Director

Web3D Consortium 650 Castro Street, Suite #120-490, Mountain View, CA 94041

Phone: 248 342 7662 Fax: 248 457 8018

Email: anita dot havele at web3d dot org

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Never Miss a Moment with Group Albums from KODAK Gallery

Emeryville, CA (PRWEB) November 17, 2011

KODAK Gallery (http://www.kodakgallery.com), the only online photo service uniquely designed for celebrating KODAK MOMENTS together, is changing the way people share photos with the launch of Group Albums. Group photo sharing is easier than ever. Multiple people can now upload, share and comment on photos all in one place, for free. The company has also announced a new version of the KODAK Gallery app for the iPhone devices. Using the app on the device makes it the easiest way for a group of friends to collect and share all the photos they take together at party or on a trip. Whether the pictures are on a mobile phone or digital camera, they can be shared and saved in one convenient place.

With Group Albums, a group of friends can easily collect, share, and interact with every moment they capture together by camera at a party or on a trip by starting a Group Album at kodakgallery.com/groupalbum. Simply collect, share and invite others from the event to contribute their own photos to the Group Album. All photos can be downloaded in full-resolution online for free, can be used to create a video slideshow of the event or turned into photo products such as books and calendars.

Everyones been at an event where multiple people are taking pictures. Those pictures end up fragmented across emails, texts, and social networks. Or even worse, theyre not shared at all, said Victor Cho, General Manager of KODAK Gallery, Eastman Kodak Company. Now with a KODAK Gallery Group Album and our new application for the iPhone device, a group of friends or family can instantly and privately collect, share and interact with all of the special moments from an event, in one easy-to-access place.

A Group Album can be started online at kodakgallery.com or right from an iPhone using the mobile app. Like all sharing tools at KODAK Gallery, members of the album can privately share pictures and invite others to join and participate by sending an email, text or FACEBOOK message. Once people join the album they can add photos and comments, plus invite others from the event to contribute their pictures.

More than 20 million photos have been uploaded to a Group Album and more than half a million through the mobile app, said Mark Cook, Vice President of Products. Whats most important is the joy people feel having all the pictures from an event; for example, a bride who has hundreds of pictures her guests took at her wedding reception. With our new mobile app, people can start sharing and interacting with those pictures while the event is still going on.

MOBILE APPLICATION

The KODAK Gallery app for iPhone devices allows users to start and participate in a Group Album. In addition, it includes other major feature enhancements such as multi-photo uploads; hundreds of ways to share; access to all pictures and albums in a KODAK Gallery account; and push notifications when photos, comments and Likes are added to an album.

The app addresses the shifting trends in consumer photo sharing behavior. The number of KODAK Gallery photo slideshows viewed on a mobile phone has increased almost 170% in the last year, and according to a recent survey 65% of 18-34 year-olds plan to take pictures this holiday season using their mobile phones.

The KODAK Gallery app for the iPhone device is currently available in the App Store and has received a 4

Bonsai Media Group Becomes Seattles Only Certified Umbraco Solutions Provider

Seattle, WA (PRWEB) September 30, 2011

Bonsai Media Group has set their eyes on new ventures for their web development team. Becoming the first Umbraco Solutions Provider in Seattle is the correct choice for the business. CEO Jason LaBaw explains, It is very important to Bonsai that we are consistently improving our services by staying on the cutting edge of web development.

For some time they had been aware of the limitations of some of the more popular content management systems. These limits have concerned both the developer and the end user when building websites. For the developer other content management systems have a lot of extraneous back-end code that can make websites slow. Umbraco does a great job of separating content from how it looks which is paramount in web development. Finally it's really flexible and extensible, without getting too complicated. For the user other content management systems can be complicated and an inexperienced user can actually affect the layout of the site that may need an experienced developer to fix. Umbraco is very simple and capable of doing more than other content management systems, it gives the final editor more control when making updates and changing content.

Having an easily maintainable website that business owners can update and change is very important. Umbraco is for anyone that would like to build a website that is both functional and easily maintained.

About Bonsai Media Group

Bonsai Media Group is full service internet marketing agency based in Seattle, WA. Service offerings include search engine optimization, social media marketing, pay-per-click, web design, and web development services.

Media contact:

Jason LaBaw

Bonsai Media Group

(206)528-2515

info(at)bonsaimediagroup(dot)com

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DCH Auto Group Offers Customers a Free Right Road Kids Super Pack -- Special for Back-to-School

(PRWEB) September 09, 2011

Right Road Kids! and four of DCH Auto Groups dealerships in Ventura County -- DCH Toyota of Simi Valley, DCH Toyota of Oxnard, DCH Honda of Oxnard and DCH Lexus of Oxnard -- have announced a new partnership program to support families with free customized Right Road Kids Super Packs when they visit the auto dealers showrooms this Fall.

The durable drawstring sports packs are loaded with Right Road character-enriching products including the award-winning, upbeat Right Road For Kids! You Are Special! DVD (which mirrors RRKs award-winning classroom programs and features the nonprofits popular founder, Paula Phillips), the DVDs companion activity/workbook, a childrens chapter book by Phillips about talents, a Right Road talent journal, wristband, bookmark, pencils, collector stickers, and other cool school supplies. The materials guide and encourage children to spend time identifying, exploring, writing about, and expressing their talents, positive traits, and dreams that will keep them on the Right Road in school and in life. The DVD recently won Dr. Toys prestigious Awards for Best 100 Childrens Products 2011 and 10 Best Childrens Audio/Video Products 2011. (http://www.drtoy.com)

DCH Toyota of Simi Valley and Right Road Kids are putting smiles on the faces of our future leaders through the distribution of Right Road Kids Packs, said Nick Dunlea, General Manager, DCH Toyota of Simi Valley, adding RRKs ongoing dedication to enriching the lives of our children is inspirational; Toyota of Simi Valley is proud to offer our continued support.

Each of the four auto dealers will gift the packages to children ages 5-12 to enjoy while at the dealership, and to take home, expressly encouraging families to explore the positive, self-esteem building content together. While Right Road Kids! and founder of the nonprofit, Paula Phillips, often work through schools, DCH Auto Group s ongoing volunteer support inspired her to offer the dealerships a customized package for their customers with children or grandchildren.

DCH Toyota of Oxnard is proud to be able to help Right Road Kids make a difference in the lives of children in our community, said Steve Chapman, General Manager of DCH Toyota of Oxnard. We look forward to continuing that support through the distribution of Right Road Kids Packs. We know the kids will love them and learn from them as well.

This new program represents another big step in the ongoing efforts of both organizations in partnership, to improve the lives of children in their communities. DCH Auto Group team members also regularly volunteer to support the nonprofit work of Right Road Kids! at schools in the Ventura County region. The auto group is also sponsoring the Right Road Kids! Joy Awards and Forum at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library on September 24, 2011, which honors the work of outstanding educators and seeks to find creative solutions to todays youth and education challenges.

Phillips hopes to see the program expand to other DCH dealerships in the near future as well, saying, Partnership between schools, nonprofits, parents, and communities is a key to addressing todays youth and education challenges in real, lasting ways and we could not ask for more than all that DCH Auto Group does to support our work to help kids find and travel their Right Roads, shared Phillips. How wonderful is it that families can visit one of these DCH dealerships and receive a whole pack of fun, uplifting Right Road products for their kids!

The promotion is set to begin in September and will continue through the fall, while supplies last. The partnership also includes plans for special events (such as Right Road Family Movie Nights) at the participating dealerships, to be announced to their customers via newsletters, e-mail blasts, and in-store posters.

Phillips and Right Road Kids! have been providing esteem, character, and enrichment programs to countless schools for nearly two decades. At the urging of teachers and parents everywhere, and with the help and support of creative and production professionals from several states, Phillips established Right Road Productions and recently began to offer the new line of positive and inspirational take-home products for kids via a new website. Additionally, the site offers a full range of character-building incentive items (postcards, stickers, award certificates) that educators can use in their schools.

The organization can be found on Facebook as Right Road Kids, and followed on Twitter as @RightRoadKids. For more information about the promotion or Right Road Kids!, please contact Beth Hilton, communications director, at 310-560-8390, or beth(at)rightroadkids.org.

Links:

http://www.RightRoadKids.org

http://www.toyotasimivalley.com

http://www.toyotaofoxnard.com

http://www.dchlexusofoxnard.com

http://www.hondaofoxnard.com

About Right Road Kids!

Ventura County-based Paula Phillips and Right Road Kids! (formerly known as The Dream Fund Outreach) have been working directly with kids in schools, classrooms, and youth organizations throughout Ventura County and around the country for over nineteen years. Through a plethora of award-winning creative programs, the non-profit organization has inspired the self-esteem, character, confidence, and talents of tens of thousands of children and has been instrumental in helping them find and travel their right roads in school and in life. The Right Road For Kids! DVD recently won Dr. Toys prestigious Best 100 Childrens Products 2011 and 10 Best Childrens Audio/Video Products 2011 Awards. Visit http://www.rightroadkids.org for a complete history of the organization and its dynamic founder, Paula Phillips.

About DCH

Headquartered in South Amboy, NJ, DCH Auto Group comprises 27 auto dealerships in New Jersey, New York, Connecticut and Southern California from Oxnard to San Diego, featuring a full line of new and pre-owned vehicles. The company is highly invested in principles for success that value customers and employees. DCH Auto Group is committed to giving back to the communities in which its dealerships operate and employees and customers live. The company is dedicated to its Teen Safe Driving program, and is a sponsor of Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD). For more information, please visit http://www.DCHAuto.com.

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Pixafy Joins Radical Company, Will Lead All Operations in the US and Europe for the Global Digital Group

New York, NY and London, UK (PRWEB) October 03, 2011

Pixafy, the New York based technology company, has joined Radical Company, the global digital group known for their d-commerce expertise, as its exclusive technology provider in the US and Europe, the two organizations announced today. The companies have also been named Magento Enterprise Partners and will present their innovative work in Magento at the upcoming conference in London on October 26.

"We are thrilled to welcome Pixafy to the Radical family, helping us in our mission to inspire and transform the way organizations and brands engage across platforms and grow. Pixafy translates great ideas into beautiful technology featuring brilliant execution -- and will play a key role in Radical's global expansion in the coming months and beyond," said Ian Wilding, CEO of Radical Company.

Radical Company, which launched last year under the leadership of Chairman Graham Thomas, the ex-Deputy Chairman of Saatchi & Saatchi, and CEO Ian Wilding, the former Managing Director at System Minds Studio, is growing rapidly as it opens offices in United States, Europe and expands across Asia and the Middle East.

This is a huge moment for us. Pixafys motto is you think it, we build it and we are excited to join Radical in their mission to build excellent, functional and effective technologies that help businesses grow in substantial ways, said Uri Foox, President and Founder of Pixafy and newly appointed President of Radical USA. We are also very proud to be named Magento Enterprise Partners. Simply put, Magento is the future and we are eagerly looking forward to presenting our new work at the upcoming Conference in London.

About Radical Company

Radical is just that: a global group that inspires and transforms the way organisations and brands engage, communicate and sell across all digital platforms. Radical works both at the enterprise and brand level to deliver extraordinary user experiences whether it be on a d-commerce platform, an intranet, a global enterprise platform or a mobile app (and everything in-between).

As a group of companies and people Radical has vast experience but a simple belief: the more that digital interactions reflect the needs and values of people as individuals, the more successful they will be at delivering business goals and building reputations and profit. http://www.radicalcompany.com

About Pixafy

Pixafy provides the technology clients need to meet their business goals. Based in New York City, Pixafy is a team of expert developers with deep experience developing world-class websites and applications, leveraging the latest technologies, content management solutions, open source platforms and web standards to solve any challenge. http://www.pixafy.com

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