Planet 9 Studios
Planet 9 Studios is an American software development company that develops 3D apps, 3D graphics for navigation, tracking, and social networking.[1][2][3] It was founded in 1991.[1][4] Planet 9 Studios is known for developing VirtualSOMA, the first online, 3D virtual world, released in 1995.[3]
History[edit]
Planet 9 Studios was founded in 1991 by David Colleen.[1][4] Prior to the availability of 3D browsers on the Internet, Planet 9 Studios released a low-polygon model of the South of Market (SoMA) neighborhood in San Francisco.[4][5] When 3D Internet browsers became publicly available in August 1995, Planet 9 Studios released VirtualSOMA, a virtual world based on the SoMA area modeled in VRML.[6][4][3] Later, a VR model of the planned San Francisco Giants ballpark, was launched.[7] In 1996, the company went on to release a full virtual re-creation of San Francisco made using VRML that allowed users to interact with other users’ 3D avatars.[8][9] Virtual San Francisco was considered the first city that was recreated in a 3D virtual space.[10][11]
Planet 9 Studios made a Virtual Las Vegas in 3D for Toshiba America to promote Toshiba's appearance at Comdex in Fall 1996.[12] Microsoft and Apple were also among Planet 9 Studios’ first clients in the 1990s.[1]
Planet 9 Studios won the Avvy Award for Best Avatar for its character model based on a geisha.[13] In 1998, the company also won the Avvy Award for Best Episodic Performer for its "Genius" character model.[14]
Planet 9 Studios was part of the team working on SRI International’s Digital Earth Project from 1999-2002.[15]
By 2005, Planet 9 Studios had also been providing commercial simulations of architectural projects for architectural firms for a decade.[16]
Planet 9 Studios’ 3D city data was used as backdrops for the 2007 film Zodiac.[1]
Software[edit]
Planet 9 Studios’ earliest virtual cities were created using VRML.[17][18] In addition to the aforementioned San Francisco and Las Vegas virtual cities, the company has also modeled virtual cities based on locations such as the Shinjuku ward of Tokyo.[19]
Planet 9 Studios has also provided 3D AR and VR applications of cities for The Pentagon’s urban recon programs.[2] The company has also collaborated with DARPA on 3D scene models for guiding UAVs on the battlefield.[20]
Planet 9 Studios has also released eScene, a navigation software that includes building facades rendered in 3D.[21] Its data has also been used in other navigation systems, such as Magellan's Maestro Elite 5340-navigation system.[1]
Planet 9 Studios also developed a prototype 3D conference room for SPS Payment Systems.[22]
References[edit]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Planet 9 Studios' RayGun could make GPS fun". VentureBeat. 2008-05-19. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 WIRED Staff. "Slideshow: Pentagon's Urban Recon Takes Wing". Wired. ISSN 1059-1028. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 Harmon, Amy (1995-08-09). "THE CUTTING EDGE: COMPUTING / TECHNOLOGY / INNOVATION : Virtual Reality Takes on a Third Dimension". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2023-10-09.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 "University of Malaysia V- Faculty Session 2000-2001" (PDF). University of Malaysia. 2000.
- ↑ Pichler, Michael; Orasche, Gerbert; Andrews, Keith; Grossman, Ed; McCahill, Mark (1995). "VRweb: A multi-system VRML viewer". Proceedings of the first symposium on Virtual reality modeling language - VRML '95. ACM Press. pp. 77–85. doi:10.1145/217306.217317. ISBN 978-0-89791-818-3. Unknown parameter
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- ↑ "VIRTUAL REALITY ON THE WORLD WIDE WEB: A SURVEY OF WEB SITES". The International Journal of Virtual Reality. 1996.
- ↑ "Mortgage Pros Come to you on the Net". The San Francisco Examiner. 1996-04-21. p. 57. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
- ↑ Kay, David C.; Muder, Douglas J. (1996). VRML & 3D on the Web for Dummies. IDG Books Worldwide. ISBN 978-1-56884-611-8. Search this book on
- ↑ "Fr Worth Planet 9 Studios". Fort Worth Star-Telegram. 1996-06-24. p. 4. Retrieved 2023-10-11.
- ↑ "3D Multimedia Historic Bratislava" (PDF). Real Corp. 2008-05-19. ISBN 978-3-9502139-3-5.
- ↑ "Insights of 3D Digital Cities: The Past, Present and Futures". Department of Architecture, National Cheng Kung University.
- ↑ "Vegas Strip Goes Online". Arizona Republic. 1996-11-12. p. 32. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
- ↑ "Web Techniques: Sidebar". people.apache.org. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
- ↑ "Avatars98 Avvy Award Winners". ccon.org. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
- ↑ "SRI's Digital Earth Project". SRI International. 2002-08-01. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
- ↑ "Film Shows How Project Will Look In Real Time". Daily Record. 2005-05-24. p. 31. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
- ↑ "Virtual City Resource Centre - Cities on the Web". www.casa.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
- ↑ "VRML Will Make Over Web". Santa Cruz Sentinel. 1997-01-20. p. 9. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
- ↑ "Take in Tokyo Without Leaving you Computer". The Honolulu Advertiser. 2001-04-24. p. 29. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
- ↑ "3D Laser Scanning for Urban Modeling (Part 1 of 2)". www.geoweeknews.com. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
- ↑ "Infotainmaps". directionsmag.com. 2006-02-15. Retrieved 2023-10-13.
- ↑ Put an end to those nasty hit and runs on your website. InfoWorld. 1996-12-09. pp. 53–54. Search this book on
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