The leading document publishing format is clearly PDF, and Adobe Acrobat 3D is the latest new media data-type to be added to PDF to take it's capabilities an order of magnitude higher than simple video or Flash. The 3D4PDF.com website explores this new open 3D PDF file format in detail.
Interactive 3D, or i3D, can be anywhere from 100 times to 1000 times smaller that Flash and Digital Video files. Why? Because i3D media content is made up completely of TEXT, not pixels or frames, like images and video are. This text is comprised of 3D object data and program logic that makes the 3D object come alive with interactivity or animation.
The 3D4PDF website explains the benefits of i3D PDF format in less than 100KB of data weight, so it can be perused via modem as fast as with DSL. There are sample files and projects on the site that were created by Digital Artisan Wallace Jackson over the past two decades creating i3D new media content for the largest international brands and manufacturers, including Sony, Tyco, Samsung, Nokia, IBM, Compaq, Dell, ViewSonic, Sun, SGI, Epson, Teac, CTX, Micron, KDS, KFC, and others.