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Foil 7 VRML1.0 to VRML2.0 Transisition

From Overview of VRML 1.0 Language with Examples CPS616 Basic Information Track for Computational Science -- Winter-Spring Semester 96 and 97. by Geoffrey C. Fox, Alvin Leung, Meryem Ispirli * See also color IMAGE
After an Interesting "competition", a new standard VRML2.0 was adopted in May 1996. After some uncertainty, it appears that this standard will be accepted by major players
  • Good VRML2.0 browsers are now (Spring 97) available
Conceptually it is in most areas similar to VRML1.0 but there are many changes in detail and VRML1.0 is NOT a subset of VRML2.0 (MOST of language is changed)
Major goal of VRML2.0 was to support dynamic 3D worlds where components of world move relative to each other and interact together
  • This is achieved by events in VRML nodes which are linked by "routes" and invoked by time stamped animations or Java/JavaScript programs

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