Will give it a try.
It is a bit weird that there isn’t just an option to ‘export as an interactive 3d model’ button in max, and then you can view it using another bit of software. A bit like a VRML output I guess but just brought bang up to date.
I don’t expect the qualities of our GI renderings, but a robust 3d model even with plain colours would be a very useful tool to explore buildings and the spaces around them.
Hi !
I’m using Stonetrip Shiva to make 3D realtime content.
Relatively Cheap, well designed and rock solid.
The cool thing is it have a very solid webplayer, working with almost all browsers, (Pc/Mac). You can also publish .exe files, and more (psp, iphone…)
Here’s some examples i made with it (max/Vray/Shiva) :
Use keyboard arrows to move and leift click to rotate.
GUi buttons are ; subjective, orbit, and fullscreen.
- interior demo :
http://solidrocks.subburb.com/index.php?option=com\_content&view=article&id=14&Itemid=102
- exterior demo (bigger file, lot of trees and plants)
http://solidrocks.subburb.com/index.php?option=com\_content&view=article&id=14&Itemid=103
I found this in the past, and they have added some form of VRay support since I last looked at it:
Seems simple enough. I would be interested to hear if anyone has any experience with this package.
Looks interesting. Will take a look.
Had a quick look at a demo file. It was pretty awful, but it could just have been my PC I guess. Will try again…
Codeblend lights look like nuclear hot spots 
Having a good old play with ShiVa at the moment, but it likes to crash on dae export (or it doesn’t export materials)
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I know I had a few headaches with the install of Shiva (isn’t that a type of cat food?) on an XP 64bit system with Max2009 64bit, but I got there in the end I think.