German university researchers developed a 3D page display technology for Firefox browsers

Philip Slusallek, a professor at Sal University in Germany, revealed that the researchers plan to launch a Firefox browser with a three-dimensional web page display function. This three-dimensional web page display function will greatly enhance the interaction of browser interfaces. According to Slusallek, some game companies have already created specialized 3D plug-ins for browsers, but this time the researchers hope to directly add the 3D Web page display function to Firefox browsers, you do not need to install additional plug-ins.

Currently, there are two ways to draw 3D images in real time on two-dimensional screens: the traditional Raster Method and the real-time ray tracing method. This time, the researchers are preparing to adopt the second method to develop software that can perform real-time Ray Tracing computing. Slusallek also said that the current rapid improvement in processor performance has laid a good foundation for the practical use of this technology.

Currently, this research group has integrated the Real-Time ray tracing technology named "RT Fact" into the Webkit component of the browser. Webkit is Firefox, web page rendering components commonly used in browsers such as Safari and Chrome. Slusallek said that after using this technology, the images on the web page will be compiled using XML3D in the HTML Web programming language, while the browser can be able to render the web page images in this language.

At the Cebit conference, Slusallek showed participants how the interaction of the "Venice" entry page on Wikipedia was enhanced after 3D Web page display technology was used. During the presentation, he said: "You can stand on the top floor balcony overlooking Venice."

Researchers plan to launch a Firefox browser version containing RT Fact technology within one to two weeks. However, they are still waiting for Mozilla to decide whether the browser can be directly followed by Firefox.

Researchers hope that their research results will attract the attention of the Internet standardization group World Wide Web Association (W3C, in this way, more software vendors will apply this technology to their browser products.

The RT Fact technology was developed in collaboration with Intel's visual computing Institute at the German Center for Artificial Intelligence Research German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence.

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