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VRML
What is VRML?
VRML is an acronym for Virtual Reality Modeling Language. VRML is the file format standard for 3D multimedia and shared virtual worlds on the Internet. This language is used by application developers and content creators to implement interactive 3D graphics and multimedia content that can be published on the Internet and on stand-alone computers. Just as HyperText Markup Language (HTML) led to a population explosion on the Internet by implementing a graphical interface, VRML adds the next level of interaction, structured graphics, an extra dimension (z-axis), and time to the online experience.
More about VRML:
| Silicon Graphics Incorporated | SGI is the main developer of VRML related programms. Here you can find a report on current affairs, a VRML Gallery, various software and much more about VRML. |
| Cosmo Player | Free VRML-Browser. Is part of Netscape Communicator 4.0 Professionell Edition.
(Platforms: IRIX, WINDOWS) Microsoft's Internet Explorer 4 comes with the AltaVista VRML-Plugin. |
| VRML 97 Specification | The offical language specification. |
| The Annotated VRML 2.0 Reference Manual | This is a popular VRML2.0 handbook in HTML. |
| VRML Tutorials | Here are some tutorials. |