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Foil 18 Some (New) Web Technologies in a Nutshell - VRML

From Overview of CPS616 Technologies of the Information Age 1997 CPS616 spring 1997 -- Jan 15 1997. by Geoffrey C. Fox * See also color IMAGE
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VRML 1.0 widely available and specifies static 3D scenes through which you can navigate. Already provides universal visualization environment and we have examples of use In Geographical Information Systems
  • Note can embed clickable URL's as with ImageMaps which can be used to annotate images to provide interactive educational resources
  • Unfortunately about a factor of 10 slower than it could be as this is serious as 3D graphics is compute intensive!
VRML 2.0 is just released with prototype browsers but still aspects of technology are under intense research/debate.
  • This is designed to support full interactivity (televirtuality) with texture mapped video, avatars etc.
  • VRML 2.0 will require huge computing resources whether used as the virtual car-dealership / interactivity gaming or more academic uses such as collaboration between teachers and students in 3D virtual classroom
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