THE IMPACT OF WEB3D SOLUTIONS FOR PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT E-LEARNING

Knowledge is embedded in people and unlike information, knowledge creation occurs in a process of social interaction. As our service-based society is evolving into a knowledge-based society, there is an acute need for more effective collaboration and more effective knowledge sharing systems for use by geographically scattered people. Starting from the work made with the Leonardo da Vinci Project "3DWebEPL", the paper proposes a structured analysis for investigating the use of Web 3D components and standards for e-Learning purpose in the product development context.