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3D Office Player

Easily Provide “3D for All” Interactive Experiences

Developed with the Product/Context/Scenario approach in mind, the 3D Office Player is a standalone player enabling users to share life-like experiences on virtual products created with 3D modeling software throughout your company. The 3D Office Player comes with a simple and intuitive user interface and easy-to-use navigation scenario. The player can also be embedded in applications such as Microsoft Office PowerPoint, Word, Excel or Internet Explorer.

Bring life-like Interactivity to 3D Models

The 3D Content Capture Tools that come with Virtools 4 enable developers to easily create interactivity from their 3D models. Thanks to the 3D XML Virtools Plugin, PLM users are now able to reuse their CAD models in the Virtools platform to create interactive 3D applications and make them accessible in the 3D Office Player for an intuitive product experience.

The PCS model

The 3D Office Player is based on a new paradigm in which interactive 3D is based on a Product-Context-Scenario approach. This concept has been created to offer a simplified vision of the 3D experience of a product in a given context, following a given scenario.

The PCS model used in the Virtools platform organizes the resources needed to create an interactive experience in three categories:

• Product: composed of various assets (3d geometry, textures, sound, animations or any other metadata) and potentially intrinsic behaviors. It is the 3D object that is selected by the user, the object that is the focal point for the user or the scenario. For example, it could be a car with behaviors attached to open the door, rotate the wheels…
• Context: the environment where the interactions take place, such as a simple image, video, or full 3D scene.
• Scenario: relates to the user interactive experience. It always involves the user point of view (via the camera), and the user interaction with the Product, within the Context.

The user can load different Products/Contexts/Scenarios to create as many experiences as needed to evaluate the business goals of the product being designed. PCS package can be prepared with Virtools 4 and saved within a 3D XML file that contains PCS Resources, which may include a single product, context or scenario, or, alternatively aggregate multiple products or contexts, albeit with only one scenario. The Products and Contexts are described in the product structure of the 3D XML file, while the Scenario is an NMO saved into the 3D XML file.

An Intuitive User Interface and a Flexible Architecture

The 3D Office Player is based on a custom intuitive GUI that allows for simpler interaction while improving usability and learning curve for users. An intuitive navigation and manipulation system is provided by default if there is no scenario in the loaded file (cameras, mouse). The left tab sheets (PCS ribbon) makes it possible to switch the product, context, or scenario defined in the .3dxml file loaded by double clicking on the desired thumbnail.

Share your Experience

The 3D Office Player has been designed to make it easier for developers to share rich interactive presentations throughout your company.

The 3D Office Player can also be integrated in Microsoft Office applications (PowerPoint, Word, Excel). Experiences can be exported to both pictures (at very high resolutions if necessary) and video to easily record and share experiences.

Key Features

• Natively read 3DXML files for seamless CAD interoperability
• Intuitive navigation system and predefined manipulation tools for accessible experience
• Experience exports (images, videos) for easily recording and sharing experiences
• Office integration for sharing rich interactive presentations
• PCS model for a simplified vision of the 3D experience

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