Everything is going 3D these days, and Adobe Flash isn’t missing out: The company has revealed it will include 3D support in a future version of the browser plug-in.
The news of the update first leaked out via the agenda of October’s Adobe Max conference, which includes a presentation entitled “Flash Player 3D Future”.
Adobe product manager Thibault Imbert then drew attention to the presentation in a blog post, but declined to give further details, save for the fact that Adobe will release a “3D API” in a “future version”:
If you are into 3d development for games, augmented reality or just interactive stuff like websites, you just can’t miss the session entitled Flash Player 3D future scheduled for Max 2010 scheduled on October 27 at 11:00AM in room 503. Sebastian Marketsmueller (Flash Player engineer) will deep dive into the next generation 3D API coming in a future version of the Flash Player.
Now you may wonder, what does this means, what kind of 3D are we talking about ? What kind of API ? True textured z-buffered triangles ? GPU acceleration ? Even better ? What I can say is forget what you have seen before, it is going to be big
When this will be available ? We will share plans with you at Max during this session, I tell you, some serious stuff is coming for 3D developers.
Adobe, it seems, aims to become a platform for 3D content. The idea seems sound, but we’ll await details until we pass judgment: There’s little to go on here.
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Quick Pitch: DokDok enhances your inbox to make it easy to find, work on and share the latest version of any document.
Genius Idea: Even with threaded conversations and online document collaboration, finding and managing the right version of an attachment can be frustrating, to say the least. DokDok’s makers think it should be easy for you to verify that the attachment you’re working on or searching for is the most recent version.
You should also be able to track any changes to that document and share it with others, all without disrupting the workflow of a normal business.
It might be good at the outset to tell you what DokDok isn’t. It’s not for file sharing, cloud storage, multi-device syncing, enterprise document management or email, itself. It’s just a tool to make your inbox a happier place to be.
DokDok gives Google Apps users — mostly small and medium-sized businesses — a one-click solution for verifying the version of an attachment. You’ll be able to see similar attachments from your inbox listed along with the attachments for the message you’re reading. It will also collect and archive the documents that are scattered all around your inbox. Best of all, you don’t have to convice all your friends, coworkers and colleagues to start using a new document editing system or email client.
Here’s a quick demo:
The product is currently free; premium pricing options might be introduced in the future.
What do you think: Is DokDok simple enough and useful enough to make it worth using on a daily or weekly basis? Let us know what you think — and how DokDok can improve — in the comments.
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Everything is going 3D these days, and Adobe Flash isn’t missing out: The company has revealed it will include 3D support in a future version of the browser plug-in.
This post is part of Mashable’s Spark of Genius series, which highlights a unique feature of startups. If you would like to have your startup considered for inclusion, please see the details 
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