March, 26, 2001 archives

so, adobe has made some sort of 3d authoring tool, and apparently thinks that people will be excited. doesn't anyone remember the utter, dismal failure of vrml and other "web as 3d" technologies? "adobe conceded that the public has seen virtual world technologies before, but said that atmosphere stands apart because it is more than just a language standard." right. someone needs to take a large stick and beat all the cyberspace-as-3d-simulation-of-realspace believers silly.