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functionalities. Combining these software components by direct manipulations on a
computer screen enables users to develop 3D graphics applications without writing any
text-based program. This feature is important for end-users who do not have any pro-
gramming knowledge. Furthermore, we enhanced the usefulness of
IntelligentBox
by
extending it to make it work as a development system for web 3D graphics applications
like web 3D educational contents. This is called
WebIB
, the web version of
Intelligent-
Box
. In this paper, we showed some interactive web 3D contents to clarify the
availability of
WebIB
and also indicated the possibility of the integration between
Intel-
ligentBox
system and Webble World, an open web-based meme media environment.
As future works, we will improve the transfer mechanism of an off-screen render-
ing image to reduce the required bandwidth and to improve the performance. Also, we
will develop more practical web 3D contents to clarify the usefulness of
WebIB
.
Moreover, we will develop webbles that can communicate with
IntelligentBox
system
runs on a web server and their applications to show the usefulness of the integration
of
IntelligentBox
with Webble World.
Acknowledgment.
This work was partially supported by FOST(Foundation for the
Fusion Of Science and Technology), Japan.
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