Over recent years, advances in real time graphics and networking technology, and most notably the emergence of the Extensible Markup Language XML, have heavily influenced the development of the ISO-approved, freely available, X3D open standard.
Over the past few years, advancements in real-time graphics and networking have had a profound effect on the development of the widely accepted, no-cost X3D open standard. Notably, the emergence of XML has played a crucial role in this process.