3D API for Flash Player

Adobe Systems, despite the regular criticism of its technology Flash, continues to modernize and develop products based on it. The company does not stay away from 3D hobby in the world. And this fall, plans to introduce a new version of the plugin for browsers Adobe Flash Player with full support for three-dimensional graphics.

In recent years, the main task of Flash developers was to make technology in its current form acceptable to work on smartphones and other devices with limited computing resources, and new versions of Adobe Flash manage resources much more carefully than their predecessors. They even support some three-dimensional functions, but in a very limited form.

Information about the upcoming "three-dimensional" Flash, was published in the schedule for the Adobe MAX developers conference, which will be held in late October in Los Angeles. The display of the novelty is expected to be held during the session for Flash developers Flash Player 3D Future. The big name obviously means that Adobe sees the future of Flash as unthinkable without 3D technology.

Unfortunately, no details are now disclosed, fueling interest until the very last moment. Nevertheless, the developers promise an extensive program of the upcoming session, since the 3D functionality will be quite rich. Already, Adobe offers tools for developing 3D presentations using Flash, but it is planned that this toolkit will be significantly expanded, as well as the capabilities of the plugin itself. The conference will discuss the time frame for the development of new versions of Flash Player, as well as the new Flash 3D API. Developers are promised a "deep immersion" in the possibility of a new technology at the conference.
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“If you plan to develop 3D-games, augmented reality systems or new interactive sites, then you simply have to attend the upcoming conference,” said an Adobe representative.

Obviously, the main consumers of Flash three-dimensionality are browser game developers. And if developers can provide sufficient performance, for example, they allow using resources of graphic accelerators, the online gaming industry is waiting for a breakthrough.

Perhaps this move by Adobe Systems is due to the activity of competitors in the same field and with the emerging trend. Many leading developers are increasingly announcing new developments in varying degrees, supporting 3D. For example, at the recent Computex show, Nvidia demonstrated streaming 3D video over the Internet using a Microsoft Silverlight player.
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