Basic HTML version of Foils prepared 7 October 97

Foil 23 VRML - Browsers II

From VRML and Use of Databases as backend and Application to GIS ARL Database Tutorial -- February 98. by Krzysztof Walczak
History
  • The very first 3D-Web browser was written by Tony Parisi & Mark Pesce in early 1994.
  • The first commercial browser: WebSpace - by Silicon Graphics
  • The publication of source code for VRML parsers by Silicon Graphics in late 1994 caused involvement of multiple companies in the process of developing VRML browsers.
Current status
  • Commercial and public domain browsers are currently available for almost all platforms
Limitations
  • Browsers differ in their support of VRML features such as LOD, Texture-Mapping, and WWW-Anchor. As the result not all VRML worlds can be viewed on all browsers.

© on Mon Oct 13 1997