Re: 3D CD ROM

[P3D Dan Shelley <dshelley@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

P3D Sam Smith wrote:

> A few questions though. Has anyone here on this list actually made their own
> 3d CD yet? I'd be curious about the format, price breakdown, etc. There's
> been mega discussions on the whole 3d computer viewing formats
> issue, although I'm not sure there was a concensus on which is preferable.

I am not really interested in defining a specific format for this CD.
Rather, I would like to present what has been presented altready. I
suppose there would be room for others to present more than they are
now, but I think the 10 MB cap is a good size limiter for starters.
Beyond that, I can't imagine leaving any format off... If it is some
hardware dependant format, it could still be there, it just may not be
accessible to anyone without that hardware... (I suspect there will be
VERY little of this...)

> If this turns out to be a series of 3d views, is there a potential or desire
> to sell copies of it to other interested parties? I understand the copyright
> concerns, but it seems if you could make 100 with the idea of selling a good
> proportion of them, it would surely lower the per CD price.

Actually, I am talking about "hand" burning these myself. One at a
time... Filling orders. I will not be making a "run", so there really is
no way to lower the costs that way.

> Or is this what you'd call a "vanity CD" ? ( no flame intended! )

Confused... What would a vanity CD be?

Dan Shelley
dshelley@xxxxxxxxxxxx
http://www.dddesign.com/3dbydan


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