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Universal 3D File Format In The Works

Posted by timothy on from the clothing-optional dept.

telstar writes "The Register is reporting that more than 30 companies are working together to define a new file format intended to serve as a universal 3D file format. The new file format will be named the 'Universal 3D Format', or U3D. According to the article, they hope to make the new format as standard as MP3 has become for audio, and JPEG has become for 2D images. Interesting that they would choose two lossy media formats as models for comparison."

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  1. Lossy my foot by SnprBoB86 · · Score: 1, Redundant

    Who cares if the formats are lossy?

    It says "they hope to make the new format as standard as MP3 has become for audio, and JPEG has become for 2D images". JPEG and Mp3 are well known media formats. All they were trying to say is that they want the format to be well adopted!

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  2. Re:Really bad examples to pick... by Venner · · Score: 1, Redundant

    My first that was to say exactly what you did :)
    I think they were going for ubiquitousness (or is it ubiquity?), rather than pure utility.

    I mean, I'd love to be able to replace 'Jpeg' with 'PNG' in that sentence, but it probably ain't gonna' happen.

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