Older VRML Work Notes
These are older notes on VRML that still may be of interest. Dale Kirby
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Quip of the Week: "There are a lot of interesting possibilities for transparent wanchors! :P
" --Adrian Scott
The Call for Votes has gone out regarding Adrian Scott's proposal for a comp.lang.vrml newsgroup. To vote Send E-MAIL to: voting@syra.net Your e-mail message should contain one and only one of the following statements: I vote YES on comp.lang.vrml or I vote NO on comp.lang.vrml
Mark Pesce has a new book coming out soon called Flying on the Web:VRML.
Cindy Reed has posted an improved web page dedicated to texture mapping in VRML 1.0
New VRML article at Web Review: *Black Sun Rising
Ken Gaebler announced the availability of VREAM's WIRL (Alpha Release 1.0), a Netscape plug-in VRML browser for Windows 95. WIRL is available for free download at VREAM's Web site, http://www.vream.com, and at Netscape's Web site, http://home.netscape.com, on the inline plug-ins page.
The Intel Architecture Labs announced: <"Realistic Sound Experience"
The CyberPassage Beta 2 browser" and conductor are now available. In addition, the gallery has been updated.
Adrian Scott, Ph.D has posted an RFD (Request for Discussion) for a new newsgroup: comp.lang.vrml.
Brilliance Labs, Inc. is making available a beta version of it's New Proteinman's Top Ten VRML Worlds + Award
oThe team at Internet Graphics Group (IGG) at SunSoft has announced a new Java3D discussion list. Anyone interested in joining this discussion is invited to get involved by sending mail to majordomo@trek.Eng.Sun.COM with the words subscribe java3d in the body of the email.
Bernie Roehl will be, "releasing the complete source code for AVRIL as soon as I find the time to clean it up a little." Maybe in March '96.
Integrated Data Systems and Portable Graphics would like to announce the VRealm plug-in beta 3 for Netscape 2.0 (Windows) It is now available for download from the IDS site.
Hans Holten-Lund, M.Sc.EE has released a prototype version of his VRML browser 'xweb3d' to the general public.Mostly Unix Platforms.
Mark Pesce has a new book coming out soon called Flying on the Web:VRML.
Cindy Reed has posted a web page dedicated to texture mapping in VRML 1.0
Ken Gaebler announced the availability of VREAM's WIRL (Alpha Release 1.0), a Netscape plug-in VRML browser for Windows 95. WIRL is available for free download at VREAM's Web site, http://www.vream.com, and at Netscape's Web site, http://home.netscape.com, on the inline plug-ins page.
Netscape has acquired Paper Software. Over the next couple of weeks, starting Feb 13, they will be posting content, demos, and betas of this technology.
Tom Meyer reports that the VAG web page has been officially updated. 2/12/96
The Intel Architecture Labs announced: <"Realistic Sound Experience"
Jan C. Hardenbergh has posted some preliminary notes on the recent VAG meeting at http://vag.vrml.org/vrml20info.html
Mark Pesce reports that, "The VRML 1.0 Clarifications were officially "blessed" by the VAG. " at their Feb 5th meeting.
The Microsoft ActiveVRML is also being formatted into a postscript file and a Word file.
Alex Edelstein Sr. Product Manager, Netscape Navigator at Netscape Communications Corp has announced Netscape's endorsement of Moving Worlds.
The CyberPassage Beta 2 browser" and conductor are now available. In addition, the gallery has been updated.
Sony plans to release a E-VRML version of CyberPassage by the end of February as an interim move toward a Moving Worlds version. Rodger Lea
The HTML version of the Sun HoloWeb VRML II proposal has been uploaded.
Adrian Scott, Ph.D started the process to set up a comp. newsgroup on Feb 5, 1996 (It takes a month). more about that later
Wolfgang Broll announced the submitted version of a VRML 2.0 proposal, entitled: THE POWER OF DYNAMIC WORLDS See Links to 2.0 Proposal
Bernie Roehl will be, "releasing the complete source code for AVRIL as soon as I find the time to clean it up a little." Maybe in March '96.
Integrated Data Systems and Portable Graphics would like to announce the VRealm plug-in beta 3 for Netscape 2.0 (Windows) It is now available for download from the IDS site.
Hans Holten-Lund, M.Sc.EE has released a prototype version of his VRML browser 'xweb3d' to the general public.Mostly Unix Platforms.
Bernie Roehl will present: VRML: THE WORLD WIDE WEB IN REAL-TIME INTERACTIVE 3D Sat. May 25 11:30am - 1:00pm at the VIRTUAL REALITY CONFERENCE SERIESConference May 22 -25, Metropolitan Toronto Convention Center, VIRTUAL REALITY WORLD @ MULTIMEDIA'96
MeshMart has added a new section to it's VRML tool page for a number of new generation VRML browsers.
Links to the proposals that have been submitted for consideration for VRML 2.0 specification:
VRML 2.0 Request for Proposals, located at http://vag.vrml.org/rfp.html
Nutshell:
Moving Worlds at: http://webspace.sgi.com/moving-worlds
Apple Computer at:http://www.info.apple.com/qd3d/vrml
Microsoft ActiveVRML at: http://www.microsoft.com/intdev/avr
Sun HoloWeb VRML II proposal at:http://www.sunlabs.com/research/tcm/holoweb/holoweb.html
Bryan J. Smith
THE POWER OF DYNAMIC WORLDS at: http://wintermute.gmd.de:8000/vrml/
The Sun HoloWeb VRML II proposal is available as a 545K FrameMaker file. Duane Northcutt reports that a HTML version is at http://www.sunlabs.com/research/tcm/holoweb/holoweb.html
THE POWER OF DYNAMIC WORLDS includes an object-oriented, flexible behavior specification based on an event system. We further added several multi-user features, including avatars.
You may download the full specification from our VRML home page:
The URL of the complete specification (including most of VRML 1.1)
If you just want to download our extensions.
The proposal was developed at:
GMD - German National Research Center for Information Technology
WSI/GRIS Computer Graphics Lab at the University of Tuebingen
ZGDV Computer Graphics Center at Darmstadt
Gavin Bell's comparison of the Moving Worlds proposal and ActiveVRML.
More information on items on this page can probably be found at WWW-VRML and WWW-Style Mail Archives
The VRML Repository at the San Diego Supercomputer Center
The alt.lang.vrml newsgroup is designed for general questions and discussions and is especially good for those new to VRML.
The www-vrml mailing list is designed for technical and design discussions leading to the formation of specifications. To subscribe, email to majordomo@wired.com. In the message body type: subscribe www-vrml your-email-address
The Frames and Leaves proposal
DWG-DXF software may be found at http://www.atc.com or http://www.softsource.com/softsource/ Ralph Grabowski
A VRML Testing Page from Mitra.
Baby Steps To VRMLThis is a page I'm putting together to explain VRML to myself in the simplest possible terms.
VRML BuzzWords and BuzzConceptsAn unordered list of terms, concepts and sayings associated with VRML. Just a list and nothing more. Includes an alphabetical list of VRML components and whether they are in 1.0 or 1.1
VRML Foundry-MacMillan Publishing. Has sample chapters of Mark Pesce's new book.
Notes from VRML 95 Roundtable Discussions by Len Wanger.
Ian Kallen & Jim Race host a VRML conference on the WELL.
OnLive! Technologies OnLive!Traveler: running an experimental VRML community that anyone can use to host their trial 3D chat spaces.
Rodger Lea points out that Dive links can be found by navigating somewhere off http://www.csl.sony.co.jp/project/VS/index.html
Ed Donley has created a VRML clock face showing the server's current local time.
Advanced Internet Technologies/Links to the Future, Media Mania/Virtual Theater
Proteinman Top Ten VRML Sites List
'A WORLD OF WORLDS' is a VRML index being established by MeshMart. It is a VRML globe with site links to real world geographical, geological and archetectural features.
CyberComics
CyberPassage from Sony
U.S. mirror for CyberPassage from Sony
The source for Programmer's Reusable Libraries (TM)
Virtual worlds/underwater robots/Internet
(Updated 2/19/96)
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