On 5/15/2012 9:59 AM, Kurt Wendt wrote: > Actually Alan - I believe Autodesk is already working on capabilities to > do stuff like AutoCAD in the Cloud. I believe there are already Cloud > based 3D Apps. Which seems strange - since they are really heavily tied > to the 3D API's of the OS - like Direct-3D or OpenGL - in order to make > 3D SW run fast. But, I do know stuff like this is being developed. > > As for Photoshop in the Cloud - maybe Google already has something like > it. Although, I don't think there would be the same demand for something > like PS in the cloud. > > When it comes to 3D in the Cloud - part of the deal is for people to > collaborate on 3D Designs this way - with people in distant locations. > Special Effects in movies are many times farmed out to multiple VFX > shops - yet many times those different shops MUST work together. > > I figured I might as well do a quick search on what Autodesk is Actually > doing in the Cloud - so, here is what I found: >
They'll save the data in the cloud, but then run the complex drawing logic locally. They're probably just using the cloud for common data storage. -- Mike Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC President, Chief Software Architect http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com http://twitter.com/mbabcock16 _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
