3Dsolve Inc. Reveals Details on Advanced Croquet-based Data Visualization Tool

3Dsolve Inc. has disclosed new information on Operational Views in 3D (OV3D), an innovative Croquet-based 3D visual simulation tool that enables the US Army to create scenarios describing communications networks in a modern battlespace environment.

Croquet SDK 1.0 Beta Released!

The Croquet Software Developers’ Kit 1.0 Beta has been released. This represents the first complete public release of the core Croquet technology. Croquet is a new open source software platform for creating deeply collaborative multi-user online applications. It features a network architecture that supports communication, collaboration, resource sharing, and synchronous computation among multiple users. Using Croquet, software developers can create powerful and highly collaborative multi-user 2D and 3D applications and simulations.

Croquet Technology Featured at NACS's CONTEXT 2006

Julian Lombardi demonstrated Croquet as the ‘Digital Classroom of Tomorrow” as an invited speaker at the National Association of College Stores annual meeting in Reno, Nevada on April 8th, 2006.

Croquet Presented at Southern Graphics Conference

University of Wisconsin Art Professor Michael Connors demonstrated Croquet as the potential future of the artistic critique at the Southern Graphics Council Conference on printmaking. The demonstration was based on Prof. Connors' classroom use of Croquet for critical discourse and ePortfolios.

Campus Croquet Users Win award at UW-Madison Showcase

A group of administrative staff at the University of Wisconsin - Madison used Croquet to exhibit their group's work at a campus-wide exhibition of new ideas and best practices called Showcase. In their spare time over a few few weeks, this group built their own 3D multimedia wiki in this first-ever sustained end-user Croquet activity. The group was rewarded with a "Most Interactive" award presented by the Chancellor.

Croquet presented as part of the University of Maryland University College's "Future Watch" Series

Julian Lombardi presented an invited lecture/demonstration of Croquet entitled “The Next Innovative Open-Source Online Learning and Teaching Technology” as part of UMUC’s Future Watch series on February 20th, 2006.

Croquet featured at ELI's 2006 Annual Meeting

The Annual Meeting of the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative featured a Croquet presentation by Julian Lombardi. The audience for this presentation included technologists and educators involved in planning, designing, and/or supporting teaching with technology who are drawn from the fields of information technology, instructional support, learners and faculty, librarians, and directors of learning centers. The presentation to a packed house took place in San Diego, California on January 30th, 2006.