I want to develop a 3d environment to be used for meetings and other such functi

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I want to develop a 3d environment to be used for meetings and other such functions.

Each attendee could log in with a customized avatar and could collaborate and discuss via voice and text chat. I would like to add in multimedia content features as well into the environment.

I need help regarding platform selection preferably I want to implement it as a web application with no local installation. I'd like to avoid a browser plug-in unless absolutely necessary.

I don't know graphics programming so I'd prefer an approach that uses existing platforms and off the shelf software.

I have considered the following options thus far:

WebGL
Google O3d
web 3d's X3D
VRML
X3doom
Sirikata Platform
yogurt3d
Unity3d
Jibe
OpenSim
Papervision3d
Flash
3dmlw
Java3d
Infinity3d
Cube3
CloudMach

Are there other possibilities?

Explanation / Answer

The 3xd renderimg, though not trivial, is actually the easy part of the problem here -- it is just a matter of picking a platform that can do it and learning how to animate things.

The trickier thing is building the network code and coordination service that works well enough for realtime collaboration.

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