VRML in Squeak? was: XP course at UIUC using Squeak

Bruce O'Neel beoneel at mindspring.com
Tue May 2 13:22:22 UTC 2000


Hi,
  The GeoVRML website is at http://www.ai.sri.com/geovrml

cheers

bruce

"Adam Hill" <adamhill at pobox.com> wrote:
> VRML in a nutshell:
> 
> VRML - Been around for a while, declarative, file based 3D scene
> technology. Has bindings to Java, JavaScript and COM. Is an ISO
> standard. Mainly used in a web browser plugin style. There are loaders
> for Java3D.
> 
> Lots of hype in the beginning, but has simmered down over the years.
> People now actually  build useful things with it. Currently being
> upgraded and componentized, syntax is being changed for XML'ization.
> 
> GeoVRML is a recent addon by some people at SRI. NIST is invloved in
> conformance suite.
> 
> Check out http://www.web3d.org.
> 
> adam...
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: John-Reed Maffeo [mailto:rlpa80 at email.sps.mot.com]
> > Sent: Monday, May 01, 2000 10:38 AM
> > To: squeak at cs.uiuc.edu
> > Subject: VRML in Squeak? was: XP course at UIUC using Squeak
> >
> >
> > A quick peek at Altavista found little GeoVRML information. Please
> > elaborate on why you think that GeoVRML would be a useful addition
> > to Squeak.
> >
> > Would someone please compare and contrast VRML and Alice?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > John-Reed Maffeo
> > Mesa, AZ
> >





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