Why 3-D - Adobe ATMOSPHERE User Manual

• 128 MB of available RAM (256 MB recommended)
• 50 MB of available hard-disk space
• 1,024x768 screen resolution
• 16-bit color (32-Bit Color recommended)
• Graphic Card Support: Radeon 7500 or higher, GeForce 2 or higher
i
Atmosphere is only available for the Windows XP platform.
Atmosphere Collaboration Server
The Atmosphere Collaboration Server is a publicly available server that offers messaging and collaboration within any
Atmosphere environment. The source code for the Atmosphere Collaboration Server is available at no cost under a
simple license from Adobe System.

Why 3-D?

The Atmosphere platform is designed to make the power of immersive media rich environments available to a much
wider audience than has been previously possible. The web is a very popular way for individuals and organizations
to present information, but until now, it has largely been limited to the same kinds of 2-D information that can be
presented on a printed page.
People are accustomed to a world that has height, width and depth. Technologies like the telephone, television and
the web offer only a limited lower number of dimensions. Consider the difference in trying to learn to navigate an
unfamiliar place like an airport: directions given over a telephone (1-D), via a map (2-D) or by means of a video fl y-
through (3-D) represent successively easier ways to learn an unfamiliar space.
By making it possible to easily create 3-D environments that can be navigated online, Atmosphere extends a powerful
medium to a much wider audience and range of applications.
5
ADOBE ATMOSPHERE
User Guide