UK challenge to produce 3D atmosphere environments

 

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Posted on 26 Jul 2001 at 16:17

Adobe is offering £2,500 for the best 3D Web world, created using its beta version of Atmosphere Builder.

The application, which weighs in at just over 11Mb, allows the creation of full 3D environments. You can interact with the environment and with other people (or at least their avatars) using it. You can create quite detailed textures and hot-spots that reveal extra information, opening up the possibility of a virtual mall. It can also link out to other 2D content.

The environments are reasonably light on your browser, too, depending on the size of the environment. But even a dial-up connection shouldn't keep you waiting for very long.

Second place will be awarded £1,100 and third place will receive a copy of the Adobe Web collection. All you have to do is upload your 3D masterpiece to the Adobe site by 31 October.

Jonathan Ferman, Business Group Manager - Web/Digital Video Products at Adobe UK, said: "This competition is part of Adobe's commitment to supporting innovation at the cutting edge of the design space and hope it will encourage both new and established creative talent in the UK to experiment with 3D world design."

Find out more about the competition rules, point your browser here.

You can download the beta version of Atmosphere Builder here. This includes a browser plug-in which allows you to try out the sample worlds. At the moment it's Windows only, although a Mac version is planned.

Author: Matt Whipp