AXEL 1.5: basic package simplifies the creation of 3-D interactivity for the Web. (Reviews).

As interactive 3-D Web graphics progress beyond the pioneering efforts of VRML, and as new Web-design software simplifies the authoring process, Web designers and 3-D artists--who want to showcase interactive 3-D scenes via a Web browser, for example--need a straightforward way to bridge the gap between their areas of expertise.

MindAvenue meets this challenge--the company has released two editions of Axel 1.5, the only OS X--native 3-D authoring tools for the Web (they also run on OS 9): Axelcore 1.5, geared toward Web designers with little or no 3-D experience, and Axeledge ...

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