Seven 3D web excursions

After seeing my Lively room VTOR readers should already know I like undersea 3D landscapes. Papervision3D is great for us aquaticphiles.

Snow instead of ocean
If snow is more your thing than water, turn your speakers down (rather off, the music is horrible) and take a ride above the snow-capped skies of the Electric Oyster. Tilt your mouse and you’ll get a different camera view. I kept trying to crash, but you can’t. Bummer, it would be more interactive that way.

Make 2D photos more 3D-like
With Make3D you can convert 2D images on your hard drive or appropriately licensed in Flickr into a 3D model. Here’s an example of a picture I took of Mount Rainier. Free signup is required to upload (email required).

Painted 3D computer monitors 3D
While talking 3D, IZ3D is sharing some screenshots of 3D painted monitors for gamers:

These aren’t available for purchase as of this writing, but they offer you a way to put your name and email (use a throwaway one, just in case) to be notified when you can buy them. Saw this one on FriendFeed, thanks Chris.

3D Web browser
SpaceTime lets you load websites in a 3D space.

I’ve written about other attempts to do 2D websites in a 3D browser and while Space Time is notable for being a finished product where others have been more prototypes, it’s not something to switch away from Firefox, Safari or Opera any time soon.

Tag Galaxy
Using Tag Galaxy you can view Flickr photos on a space-like 3D interface as well as related tags.

Just enter in a tag like ‘3D’, click the planet and enjoy. Some good visuals and nicely done.