Basic HTML version of Foils prepared April 6 1997

Foil 14 New Node Types - Browser Information - III

From VRML 2 Basic Concepts and Definitions CPS616 -- Information Track of CPS -- Spring Semester 97. by Zeynep Ozdemir(Geoffrey C. Fox)
1 In place of the old Info node type, VRML 2.0 provides several
  • new Browser Information node types to give specific information about the scene to the browser:
2 Background
  • Provides a shaded plane and/or distant geometry to be used as a backdrop, drawn behind the displayed scene.
3 NavigationInfo
  • Provides hints to the browser about what kind of viewer to use (walk, examiner, fly, etc.), suggested average speed of travel, a radius around the camera for use by collision detection, and an indication of whether the browser should turn on a headlight.
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