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Adobe Shockwave Player
Providing enriching experiences to over 450 million people.
Effective April 9, 2019, Adobe Shockwave
will be discontinued and the Shockwave player for
Windows will no longer be available for download.
For more information, please see the FAQ.
Over 450 million Internet-enabled desktops have Adobe Shockwave Player installed. These users have access to some of the best content the Web has to offer - including dazzling 3D games and entertainment, interactive product demonstrations, and online learning applications. Shockwave Player displays Web content that has been created using Adobe Director.
Using Lingo Script or JavaScript, Stereoscopy can be enabled with appropriate Depth settings in Adobe Director 12. Shockwave Player 12 converts the shockwave 3D content to stereoscopy mode at run time without any extra effort. Game player can choose to experience the immersive stereoscopic mode at anytime during game play.
New sensational Post-processing effects
You can now add several exciting effects, such as Convolution filter, Adjust Color filter, Depth of Field, Bloom Effect, Night Vision, etc., to visually enhance movies.
Exciting new textures and shaders
Make your Director movies a visual treat by taking advantage of the exciting new textures, such as PerlinNoise Texture, CubeMap Render Texture and shaders, such as Fresnel Shader.
Independent game developer Maid Marian uses Director and Shockwave Player to deliver immersive 3D MMO games online. "No other technology can deliver Direct X powered 3D entertainment on a web page to as many people worldwide as Director and Shockwave." – Gene Endrody, Maid Marian Entertainment CEO.
Pearson Prentice Hall: Science Explorer, Active Art Digital Curriculum
Using Director and the built in support for textured real-time interactive 3D environments of Shockwave Player allows Pearson Prentice Hall to deliver interactive simulations, online and offline, for its innovative Science Explorer program.
Science Alberta Foundation: Wonderville 3D
Science Alberta Foundation used Director to create an immersive, media-rich 3D environment that engages students in unique science learning. By leveraging existing Flash assets and the rapid development environment of Director, Science Alberta Foundation was able to deliver Wonderville3D in only three months.