iZigoo the open 3D internet

iZigoo videos soon online

2009-04-20T15:09:00.000-07:00

We are making at the moment 2 demo videos that show what iZigoo 3D can do and how to use it. If they are ready we post them here and also at Youtube. Also we make a demo ready for testing our new feature iZigoo XML.

New iZigoo website !

2008-06-26T09:54:00.000-07:00

Our community site has now a new colorful site design. Just check it out.

iZigoo.com coming soon

2007-11-28T21:11:00.000-08:00

The last days we are working on graphics for our new website iZigoo.com . It will be ready hopefully next month. We announce it here when it is ready.

Mixing indoor and outdoor graphics

2007-11-28T21:04:00.000-08:00

At the moment we are testing what is the best way to mix indoor and outdoor locations. Some nice indoor locations are now ready and outdoor coming soon. Also we are working on releasing an artist demo version of iZigoo where 3D artists can easy try their 3D models. It will be also possible to create some simple 3D realtime animations with the artist demo.

Get your models into iZigoo

2007-10-12T10:31:00.000-07:00

Here is an amazing list of what 3D model formats are supported by iZigoo. This models can be loaded into iZigoo without any conversion. For modelling you should remember that this is a realtime internet engine so it is the best to use small files.

The model formats:

* 3D Studio meshes (.3ds)
* Alias Wavefront Maya (.obj)
* Cartography shop 4 (.csm)
* COLLADA (.xml, .dae)
* B3D files (.b3d)
* DeleD (.dmf)
* FSRad oct (.oct)
* Microsoft DirectX (.x) (binary & text)
* Milkshape (.ms3d)
* My3DTools 3 (.my3D)
* OGRE meshes (.mesh)
* Pulsar LMTools (.lmts)
* Quake 3 levels (.bsp)
* Quake 2 models (.md2)
* STL 3D files (.stl)

iZigoo Community Site

2007-08-15T16:50:00.001-07:00

We are now starting a little community site where people can talk in a forum and get more news about our online world.Please register as a member in our ning group and you get all informations about the changes in iZigoo.

Click on the picture to go to the community site.

Visit iZigoo - 3D Online Worlds

iZigoo - Now 70 % faster movement

2007-08-15T16:27:00.000-07:00

Great news from our software developers. The movement speed in our online world is now much faster then in the last versions. We are also hard working on our public techdemo to release it as fast as possible. Many new changes and improvements are planned for our first iZigoo software now. Just come back here to our blog to get the latest news.

Creating a virtual city

2007-05-19T20:23:00.000-07:00

At the moment we are starting to build a virtual city in iZigoo. This is one of our next major steps forward to release our first techdemo to the public. There will be some screenshots here soon. Also we do some performance testing to optimise the speed of our online world.
3D designers who are familiar with 3ds files can now already start building their own city and houses for free.
If you want to get a building in our virtual world and you want to be one of the iZigoo pioneers just contact us.

Navigating 3D online worlds

2007-02-16T05:54:00.000-08:00

One great new thing of next generation 3D Internet will be navigation. When
the first version of iZigoo comes out it is still navigated by the good old mouse and keyboard. But with new devices like Apple iPhone or the Wii controller it will change navigation fast.
Imagine to navigate 3D worlds on a touch screen or wireless. The input devices are now changing fast and make great new 3D applications possible. If you have any ideas what we should implement or what are your ideas send us some comments to izigoo@gmx.net

A cool demo of next generation touchscreens by Jeff Han
Link: http://multi-touchscreen.com

Do you want to join iZigoo ?

2007-01-18T07:29:00.000-08:00

Do you want to join iZigoo ?
We need all kind of people to help us to make the next generation of the internet better. Join us to make sure the 3D Internet will be as free as the WWW.

3D artists
- Skills for designing virtual environments like landscapes
or buildings.
- Good knowledge of 3ds or other 3D software.

C++ Developers
- Good knowledge of C++
- Familiar with the Irrlicht 3D Engine is a plus.

MAC Developers
- Good knowledge of the MAC OS X developing tools
- Good knowledge of C++

Also we need a lot feedback.
Have any complaints, suggestions or just some acknowledging words? Please don’t hesitate and drop us a line! Let’s become the first real democratic 3D world.

Contact us via Email: izigoo@gmx.net

Irredit an 3D realtime editor for iZigoo

2007-01-13T07:17:00.000-08:00

Irredit is a great editor to arrange your scenes and test your 3D models. It is possible to load many formats like 3ds, obj, .x, .bsp and many more. Irredit is created by Nikolaus Gebhardt. Heis also the creator of the amazing 3D engine Irrlicht.
iZigoo is based on the Irrlicht graphics engine so most things which are working in Irredit will work in iZigoo.
For detailed informations about irredit check out the home page.
Irredit Homepage

iZigoo Pictures on Picasa

2007-01-12T03:47:00.000-08:00

Now there are new pictures of iZigoo on picasa.
You can download them and include them in your webpages if you like.

iZigoo

Feature List

2007-01-09T03:56:00.000-08:00

iZigoo is an Open Source 3D client and server technology for 3D web applications like Second Life or Worlds. Our goal is to create a free technology for everybody.

Features:

Displays 3D Worlds over the internet.
With iZigoo it is easy to build 3D worlds for the internet. We develope a client and a server applictaion to create the next generation internet.

Advanced Tools for models
For iZigoo you can use many different tools to create content. Most popular 3D formats can be used like:
3D Studio (.3ds), B3D files (.b3d), Alias Wavefront Maya (.obj), COLLADA (.xml, .dae), Microsoft DirectX (.x) (binary & text), Milkshape (.ms3d) and manFory more ...
It is not necessary to leave your favourite tool to learn new software.

Very fast graphics engine
Our 3D world is based on irrlicht one of the fastes 3D engines. It is already used for over 3 years by a big community and absolutely stable.

Easy to use
Usuability is very important for us. Everybody should be able to use our 3D world without learning it for hours. We look at sucessful companies like apple and try to make very userfriendly software.

Based on XML
iZigoo is based on approved standards like html and xml. For realtime transport we use our own format to increase the speed ot the data transfer.

Cross plattform
iZigoo is a cross plattform application. It runs on Windows, Mac and Linux.