CityGML is a new 3D Data Standard

There is a new markup language, CityGML (City Geography Markup Language), a standard for 3d data. This markup language has been created to capture 3d data in a professional and scientific way to describe buildings, country areas and the like.

There are several types of use one may easily imagine and something that makes it an interesting topic for emedia: for functional usage there are administrative and navigational purposes and the use for every kind of a geographical information system. But what makes it interesting at this blog is the possibility to exchange 3d data between applications that are able to understand this markup language. By this it is a new way to get the picture of the real world into virtual reality worlds and other applications. Something that playce wants to do for online games.

Adgregate Markets introduces Transactional Advertising

Adgregate Markets is another advertising network offering commerce enabled banners to facilitate searchable product information or even buying a product immediately within a banner advert. Adgregate Markets is calling their product a transactional banner, because the whole shopping process may happen within the adverts. The banners are widget based. But opposite to commerce widgets adverts may rotate like it usually happens to advertising at the internet. This is why Adgregate Markets may become described as an advertising network opposite to a widget platform offering widget development and distribution. But for advertising with Adgregate Markets there is a widget development facility, too.

Redux enables Video and Product Playlists

Redux is an online playlist service for videos. To find videos there is a video search engine that connects to several popular video sharing sites. Creating a playlist is easily done by searching and choosing videos by a click to add these to a playlist. The site is social networking enables and sharing of playlists may happen at the social web. And there is a unique feature. Beside general video playlists there is a rubric with product features. By this Redux might be an additional ecommerce channel for product presentations to marketers, for video advertising, video advertising and for shopping.