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Foil 4 Why do we need Scripts?

From Scripting and EAI in VRML97 CPS616 -- Information Track of CPS -- Spring Semester 98. by Hasan Ozdemir (Geoffrey C. Fox)
Why do we need scripts? Without Scripts ...
  • No decision Logic : VRML does not support any form of decision making. Developer can define a static animations not the dynamic ones.
  • No external access : VRML is not able to interact with the resources outside of the browser but on the WEB, you have to be able to access other resources for collaboration, distributed object computing, etc.

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