== 3D in the Browser... More than just Doom ==
This presentation was given by [http://cleung.wordpress.com/ Catherine Leung] who is a professor at Seneca College in the School of Computer Studies, where she teaches in the game development and programming areas. Cathy's talk was about a project she has been working on called [http://www.c3dl.org C3DL]. C3DL is a JavaScript library that will provide a set of classes for rendering 3D objects in the browser. Currently it requires an up to date browser such as Firefox 3.5 in order to run. Cathy demonstrated an application called Motionview which allows previewing of raw motion capture data in the browser. The purpose of Motionview is to reduce the expensive cost of 'clean up' in motion capture animation scenes when sometimes certain points in the animation are wrong.<br />
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=Comparisons=
The most obvious comparison that can be observed from these two talks is how new strides are being made in the ability to create highly enriched content for the web. The ties of these two projects to open source is also something to take notice of. Both of these projects rely on an open source community to help contribute, test, develop for , and maintain. Both presenters focused on the importance of community in open source projects, the ability for people to give back to the community to keep it healthy, and on how taking part in the community helps raise awareness for these projects which will ultimately create a richer and fuller web experiencefor everyone.<br />
=My views on open source=
blahMy own personal view on open source is in two different directions. I think there is something to be said for the ability for student developers to gain an incredible amount of experience and knowledge from open source projects and seasoned developers. I've learned a lot from Al MacDonald just in the last few weeks about JavaScript and he's always been willing to help out on IRC anytime he's available. So in one way I think open source gives great opportunities to students for experience and also it gives people a way to mold their favorite open source apps into exactly what they want in an application. What I mean by this is if I decide I want a certain feature in my favorite open source project there's nothing stopping me from implementing it and adding it to the program. given enough time and providing quality code can get you a piece of software that is to some degree customized exactly how you want it.<br/> I do tend to look at the open source community from the other side as well though. The corporate side. Sometimes I'll sit back and think 'wow all this work thousands of people are doing for free to improve and build on this product is making people for this company richer than astronauts'. So I wonder exactly how it is some of these corporations make the money they do. One of the lectures I attended at this years FSOSS was all about how to make money at open source. Unfortunatly the presentation lacked a lot of details on specifics and exactly how much money is being made at different organizations. If I could put in one request for presentation ideas at next years FSOSS I'd love to see more presentations on how to make money with open source. Judging by the turnout for that presentation I think it's a wildly popular topic with a lot of people actually.<br/>
=Conclusion=
