April 17, 2005
Flatland Rover 3.5 Released
Rover 3.5 has been released. This version re-introduces video and audio streams in 3DML. You can include multiple video streams and apply the video as a texture on any block. It also introduces new actions that add animation effects to blocks - these include MOVE, ORBIT, SPIN and RIPPLE for making water surfaces. Upgrade your Rover now by downloading the new installers.
April 9, 2005
The Beginning
And so begins the Flatland Blog, albeit a little late as this saga began in 1996, the first year I could have gone to Burning Man and didn’t. Instead I had just left a video game company and was struggling with VRML. If I, a veteran programmer of 10 years, couldnt make heads or tails of this format, how would creators in general deal with 3D on the Web? So I went to the park and set about trying to find a simpler metaphor for 3D and discovered building blocks as I doodled on my notepad.