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Foil 25 Web Technologies in a Nutshell - VRML

From Overview of Pragmatic Object Web Systems and Technologies ADMI Tutorial Duluth Minnesota -- June 3 99. by Geoffrey C. Fox


1 VRML plays same role to 3D worlds that HTML does to documents
2 VRML 1.0 has been widely available and specifies static 3D scenes through which you can navigate.
  • Note can embed clickable URL's as with ImageMaps which can be used to annotate images to provide interactive resources
3 VRML 2.0 is now the standard with critical enhancements so that individual elements of 3D world are dynamic and can be programmed
  • It is designed to support full interactivity with texture mapped video, avatars etc.
  • Apply to virtual car-dealership / interactivity gaming or more academic uses such as collaboration between teachers and students in 3D virtual classroom
4 Bandwidth and computing needs of VRML are handicapping acceptance and appears that VRML will NOT "make it" -- replacement unclear but

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