[Fiware-miwi] Announcement: xml3d.js 4.5 released

[Kristian Sons]

Hi,

we are happy to announce that we just released version 4.5 of xml3d.js. 
The biggest news: XML3D is not XML anymore! We have added full support 
for HTML encoding, thus XML3D will work with those many libraries that 
have no XHTML support.

Otherwise, most changes were under the hood, including improvements such 
as paging to reduce garbage collection, frustum culling, smarter 
resource caching, mesh format handlers are able to exploit Web Works, 
efficient modification of data values etc.

Also, prototype were replace by dataflows, a much easier way to reuse 
Xflow data flow graphs.

Here the change log:

  * Full support for HTML encoding, alldemos
    <http://xml3d.github.io/xml3d-examples/>in HTML now
  * Set data values efficiently using TypedArray -demo
    <http://xml3d.github.io/xml3d-examples/examples/scriptValue/scriptValue.html>,doc
    <https://github.com/xml3d/xml3d.js/wiki/How-to-efficiently-set-Xflow-input-with-TypedArrays>
  * Override shader attributes on a per-object basis -demo
    <http://xml3d.github.io/xml3d-examples/examples/shaderOverrides/index.html>
  * Improved Error Messages
  * Reuse of Xflow graphs using new|<dataflow>|element -demo
    <http://xml3d.github.io/xml3d-examples/examples/xflowSkin/xflow-skin.html>,doc
    <https://github.com/xml3d/xml3d.js/wiki/How-to-use-Xflow#wiki-Dataflows>
  * Many performance improvements, e.g. Frustum Culling and Paging
  * Support for multi-touch events
  * Dynamic near/far clip planes that adapt to scene size
  * #24 <https://github.com/xml3d/xml3d.js/issues/24>: WebWorker support
    for MeshLoader plug-ins -demo
    <http://localhost:8080/xml3d-examples/examples/openctm/openctm.html>
  * #25 <https://github.com/xml3d/xml3d.js/issues/25>: Smarter handling
    of cached resources


Have a nice weekend,
      The XML3D Team


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Kristian Sons
Deutsches Forschungszentrum für Künstliche Intelligenz GmbH, DFKI
Agenten und Simulierte Realität
Campus, Geb. D 3 2, Raum 0.77
66123 Saarbrücken, Germany

Phone: +49 681 85775-3833
Phone: +49 681 302-3833
Fax:   +49 681 85775--2235
kristian.sons at dfki.de
http://www.xml3d.org

Geschäftsführung: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Wolfgang Wahlster (Vorsitzender)
Dr. Walter Olthoff

Vorsitzender des Aufsichtsrats: Prof. Dr. h.c. Hans A. Aukes
Amtsgericht Kaiserslautern, HRB 2313
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