Product Description

Until recently, the Web has been a two-dimensional medium, with pages consisting of text and images. Now, however, Web 3D is about to take off and this book shows the cutting-edge work currently being produced, with the use of 3D technology and animated 3D work, for example, on sports websites.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #2064307 in Books
• Published on: 2002-10-21
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 160 pages

From the Author
With so many false starts in the past, Web 3D is still a controversial subject among web designers. Why waste time and money producing 3D content that users won't (or can't) view, when you could be concentrating on making usable, accessible 2D content that makes the most of the Web's strengths?

Yet Web 3D isn't dead, judging by the actions of major software firms like Macromedia, Intel, Adobe and Discreet in the last couple of years. The reason I started writing this book was because I wanted to see if web designers agreed with those companies. I found that plenty do, and are already setting about making successful 3D content.

The book is a mixture of analysis and case studies. The analysis looks at why Web 3D flopped so often in the past, as well as examining the different types of 3D content that I think will be successful (among them: games, e-commerce visualisation, e-learning).

Meanwhile, the case studies are of sites that are out there now (or at least were when the book went to press!), examining what their designers were trying to achieve, how they did it, and the wider relevance of their work.

About the Author
Stuart Dredge is currently the features editor of T3, a gadgets and new technology magazine based in the UK. Before that, he spent 18 months working in a similar role on CreateOnline, the UK's first trade magazine for the web design industry. He has also freelanced for a range of other magazines, including 3D World and Mac Format.