{"id":410,"date":"2026-06-05T02:32:43","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T02:32:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/web3d.siggraph.org\/2026\/?page_id=410"},"modified":"2026-06-05T02:32:43","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T02:32:43","slug":"web3d-history","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/web3d.siggraph.org\/2026\/web3d-history\/","title":{"rendered":"Web3D History"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"624\" height=\"158\" src=\"https:\/\/web3d.siggraph.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Picture1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/web3d.siggraph.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Picture1.png 624w, https:\/\/web3d.siggraph.org\/2026\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Picture1-300x76.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dl.acm.org\/conference\/web3d\">https:\/\/dl.acm.org\/conference\/web3d<\/a>,&nbsp;<em>from January, 2025<\/em>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/web3d.siggraph.org\/2025\/web3d-history\/#963fbf58-f04c-4b41-a240-9ccaa17a0aa1-link\">\u21a9\ufe0e<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Interested in previous Web3D conferences?&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.web3d.org\/conferences\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Here<\/a>&nbsp;is the archive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Web3D Conferences have been an annual event since 1995. In the early years they were called&nbsp;<strong>VRML Symposia<\/strong>. Having a strong academic basis for understanding challenges and achievements has led to strong steady growth in capabilities for 3D graphics on the World Wide Web.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Academic research and applied industry work are shared and discussed together annually. Interest areas include multiple application domains including e-commerce, education, cultural heritage, entertainment and infotainment, social media, tourism, medicine, defense, industry and construction. Conference tracks include research papers, posters, tutorials, workshops, demonstrations, keynote presentations, and panel sessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Interested in previous Web3D conferences?&nbsp;Here&nbsp;is the archive. Web3D Conferences have been an annual event since 1995. In the early years they were called&nbsp;VRML Symposia. Having a strong academic basis for understanding challenges and achievements has led to strong steady growth in capabilities for 3D graphics on the World Wide Web. Academic research and applied industry [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-410","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/web3d.siggraph.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/web3d.siggraph.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/web3d.siggraph.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web3d.siggraph.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/web3d.siggraph.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=410"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/web3d.siggraph.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":412,"href":"https:\/\/web3d.siggraph.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/410\/revisions\/412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/web3d.siggraph.org\/2026\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}