Hi all

To those of us in the Vrml/X3d community this development (or lack
of, I guess) on Autodesk's part is disconcerting. However, Autodesk
must have some "strategy" vis-a-vis 3d/animation standards. Can anyone
shed light on this ?.

As, far as I can tell, Adobe/Microsoft seem to be "investing" in
their proprietary offerings. (3d stuff ...) Wonder what would make it
in worthwhile for them to develop to standards or at least support the
standards via interfaces. (export/import etc ...)


/rk


--- In RawKeeUsers@yahoogroups.com, "Aaron.Bergstrom"
<Aaron.Bergstrom@...> wrote:
>
> I apologize for the delay in my response to this question. The addition
> of Maya 8 support is delayed because I have not yet received new Maya
> licenses. Ever since Autodesk purchased Alias, the status of the
> research donation program has been up in the air. It's through the
> research donation program that we've received our software licenses for
> Maya. I've contacted two different people at Autodesk who where part of
> the research donation program, but have gotten no response. I now work
> for both North Dakota State University and the University of North
> Dakota. Both of these institutions are considering purchasing
commercial
> licenses of Maya. Should this happens, I will make releases of for all
> versions of Maya up through the current version. Not sure when this
> might happen, but I'm hoping within the next month or so. But it could
> easily be further out than that.
>
> Aaron
>
> christopher@... wrote:
> >
> > Any idea when Maya 8 support is due to come out?
> >
> > Thanks!
> > Chris
> >
> >
>