Sponsored By

Does anyone care on integrating complex 3D files into DAM and Workflow?

As a vendor we receive signals that handling complex 3D files in a standard DAM and workflow environment faces huge problems. We solved this for Eidos but how relevant is this to other vendors the gaming industry?

Koen Bogaert, Blogger

November 2, 2009

1 Min Read
Game Developer logo in a gray background | Game Developer

This is what our customers told us:

  • 3D-files are mostly very bulky files: up to gigabytes

  • To view these files, every polygon needs to be rendered.

  • Simple 3D files contain thousands of polygons, complex files contain hundreds of millions of polygons

  • If rendering on client, whole file needs to be on the client, and the client needs a rendering software

  • Client computers need to be very powerful to cope with this (CPU/GPU)

  • In order to define the right file, it needs to be viewed from different angles and zoom factors

  • Users have to download huge files only to see that it was the wrong one!

Since our software is open to any other provider, 3D filetype or technology we solved this with the help of the Mental Images streaming server. But how important is the integration of 3D into Digital Asset Management and workflows? Any thoughts?

Just to give you an idea how we solved the problem of  "3D files, the size of a dinosaur on a standard webbrowser" watch here: http://www.adamsoftware.net/3D/3DMovie.html

Read more about:

Blogs
Daily news, dev blogs, and stories from Game Developer straight to your inbox

You May Also Like