Alternative Worlds with Alternativa3D
As the years pass by, Flash becomes faster and more powerful when it comes to rendering 3D. You only need to look at the effect Papervision3D has had on the Web industry to see how well suited Flash is for 3D.
There’s always been a gap in the market however for a true 3D engine able to render fully immersive 3D scenes inside the browser via Flash. Well, that’s getting addressed right now with an extremely compelling 3D platform known as Alternativa3D.
Free Non-Commercial 3D Engine
The 3D engine is distributed as a SWC library and the best part is that it is totally free for non-commercial use as long as you link back to the Alternativa Platform from within your work. All that is required is to register an account for free. Commercial licenses are also available, so once you’ve honed your skills with the free version, it’s just a matter of time before you can use the technology to attract large clients and earn some serious dough!
Stunning Examples
You only need to look at the examples on the Alternativa3D Web site to see how this cross-platform engine is perfectly suited for virtual tours, entire online worlds and also gaming. Click the images below to see how Alternativa3D can be applied in a multitude of ways:
3D Web Sites
Alternativa 3D is also being used in the Web industry for navigable 3D Web sites such as online casino BuzzLuck:
But it’s not just large scale e-commerce sites that are using the open source 3D engine, even developers are using it for their portfolios such as the site below:
For more information and to get started, check out the online tutorials and documentation and a bunch of other great tutorials over at TechLabs. Who knows, this time in a few months, you could be living in your own, custom-made 3D world!


































Thats pretty Good. Has anyone looked into Unity3D??
Aternativa3D is not open source, or am I missing something?
check: http://blog.alternativaplatform.com/en/2008/11/06/alternativa3d-licence/
Unity is a different plugin it is not flash so i don’t think it will get verry big
1000 $ for licence?
crazy
unity3d is great, when it comes to game development it kicks flash in the nuts in every aspect! ;P Alternativa3D sems nice ;P
That’s damn good !
Check out Alternativa3D tuturials in good English here:
http://www.thetechlabs.com/?s=alternativa3d&x=0&y=0
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Alex
AlternativaPlatform Team
Alex – thanks for sharing the TechLabs link, I’ve added it to the article!
Eric – You’re exactly right, and I’ve since updated the article to avoid any confusion. It’s only free if you are using Alternativa for non-commercial purposes. Thanks!
Yeah, it’s expensive, but it’s really sweet. That first example is beautiful.
My opinion: Impressive effects and samples. I love the temple ruin thing. Too expensive, though. I am not gonna dive into this, I dont think.
This looks wonderful
I’ve been waiting for tutorials or some FD files made with Alternativa 3D.
http://wonderfl.kayac.com/search?q=alternativa
There are some good mazes you can edit online.
Hi,
Great post about Alternativa3D. Pls bear in mind, if you want to play with it and create your personal site it’s free. You only need to buy the license if it’s for commercial proposes.
Now, thank you for referring The Tech Labs. Hope you enjoy the quality content we have been publishing.