Big models and real-time interaction can spell big trouble for the Web, but they can also spell big success for applications relying on consistent, high-quality 3D content delivery—from e-commerce to collaborative engineering to entertainment. Such applications rely on the fast transmission of visually realistic 3D objects to capture and keep the interest and excitement of end users, yet the cost of visual realism is large datasets. The enormous number of polygons needed to represent 3D objects and scenes in a pleasing manner places a tremendous burden on maintenance, storage, and computational resources.
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