Open Inventor vs. VRML

• VRML is an ASCII description of the contents of three-dimensional virtual worlds
• VRML has to be read into a browser to be displayed
• VRML is based on Open Inventor ASCII file format
• Open Inventor is a programming environment which enable displaying and manipulation of three -dimensional virtual worlds
• This environment provides an API that allows writing any user-application in C++ or C
• Open Inventor uses ASCII file format for exchange of description of the virtual worlds contents among applications
• New Open Inventor 2.1 accepts VRML 1.0 syntax

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