You knew it was coming. The 3D Internet. Designed to connect users to endless virtual worlds—to entertain, inform, and showcase products and services. 3D Internet powerfully combines the Internet and 3D Graphics in a union many have predicted. Like the 2D Internet, its 3D counterpart will employ a browser, search engine, and servers. The applications are endless—exciting gaming, virtual shopping, more precise medical procedures, global mapping. The list goes on as the 3D Internet makes its way into homes and offices throughout the world.
New Way to Engage Users
There’s no denying that the 3D Internet will become an enticing new way to reach consumers, business customers, co-workers, partners, and students. In a most graphically arresting way, 3D Internet unites the immediacy of TV, the vast content of the World Wide Web, and the intimacy of social media—like Twitter, Facebook, and Instagram. What’s fresh about a 3D Internet is that it surpasses the inherent passivity of television and moves into a far more engaging experience for the user. In some cases, a virtual reality 3D experience can be more immersive than real life. Studies suggest that users who partake in virtual worlds remain online for longer periods. The almost seductive lure of a virtual 3D experience has caught the attention of several businesses and organizations. Among these are such technology innovators as IBM, Microsoft, and Cisco, as well as major global firms like Calvin Klein, Toyota, BMW, Circuit City, and Coca-Cola. Major universities like Harvard and Stanford have also become aware of the many possibilities 3D Internet brings to the table.
Get Ready for 3D VR Google Experience
They’re called “Googgles” and they immerse users in a 3D virtual reality experience known as 3dLife. Visitors start their journey on a homepage called “the Library” filled with books. The books represent various information resources one can find in 3dLife or on the standard 2D Web. Choose any book and Google will open the resource connected to it. Google also has Google Goggles, an interactive visor that displays Internet content in 3D. A 3D mouse lets you move through dimensions via zoom, pan and rotate—all at once. As an extension of your body, the 3D mouse lets you effortlessly navigate through the various worlds of Second Life. A Space Navigator provides precision control over 3D objects in these virtual worlds. Users can fly and build without resorting to keyboard commands, providing a far more lifelike experience. You can walk or fly your avatar over landscapes and other virtual worlds simply by moving your cap in various directions.
3D Shopping—Wow
A mind-blowing way to shop online, a company called 3DInternet has come up with the world’s first fully functional, interactive and collaborative shopping mall. Users simply don 3DInternet’s Hyper-Reality technology to immerse themselves and easily navigate in a Virtual Shopping Environment. No more hunting for that elusive parking spot, dealing with the crush of crowds, or standing in long lines at the register. This is truly the future of shopping—choosing what you need and seeing what you want as if you’re practically in the store.
