Can Web-Based 3D Content Help “the Metaverse” Reach Its Full Potential?

<p>The long-gone days of extremely popular browser-based video game websites like&nbsp;<a href="https://www.newgrounds.com/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Newgrounds</a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href="https://www.miniclip.com/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Miniclip</a>, as well as fully fledged MMORPGs like&nbsp;<a href="https://play.runescape.com/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Runescape</a>, has raised an intriguing question:&nbsp;<strong>why isn&rsquo;t web-based interactive content more popular today?</strong>&nbsp;Despite many technological advances and the widespread use of internet browsers, it seems that&nbsp;<strong>interactive content on the web has failed to capture the same level of interest as it did in the past</strong>.</p> <p><img alt="" src="https://miro.medium.com/v2/resize:fit:448/0*wpqpQwKUJXsuRBoI.gif" style="height:252px; width:448px" /></p> <p>Take of your nostalgia goggles and let&rsquo;s find out.</p> <p>With all the metaverse hype finally settling down, it is worth exploring whether web-based 3D content will become the standard for the virtual realm, given that&nbsp;<strong>the metaverse is often described as the evolution of the internet in 3D</strong>. To imagine this future, we must first understand&nbsp;<strong>some key technologies in the recent history of web-based interactive content</strong>, such as Flash for video and animation and WebGL for 3D graphics.</p> <p><strong>Flash was a multimedia platform that was once widely used to create animations and video games,</strong>&nbsp;unlocking an era of interactive content for the web (<a href="https://www.newgrounds.com/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Newgrounds</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.miniclip.com/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Miniclip</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.neopets.com/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Neopets</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.habbo.com/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Habbo Hotel</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://newcp.net/en/" rel="noopener ugc nofollow" target="_blank">Club Penguin</a>, and many more).</p> <p><a href="https://arvrjourney.com/can-web-based-3d-content-help-the-metaverse-reach-its-full-potential-2958952bba39"><strong>Website</strong></a></p>
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