Copyright © 1997 by Rikk Carey and Gavin Bell

Acknowledgments

This book would not be possible without the dedication and help of many people. The following is a short list of some of those people. We cannot possibly thank everyone (although we would like to); please forgive us if we've neglected to mention you here.

Special thanks to Paul Strauss for his pioneering efforts on Open Inventor, which eventually led to VRML. Thanks to the rest of the Open Inventor engineering team for laying the groundwork that VRML is based on: Thad Beier, Alain Dumesny, Dave Immel, Paul Isaacs, Howard Look, David Mott, Nick Thompson, and Helga Thorvaldsdóttir. Thanks to Chris Marrin for his work on the Java and JavaScript appendices, as well as a variety of other important areas of the VRML Specification.

Thanks to Mark Pesce and Tony Parisi for writing the first prototype of a 3D web browser, Labyrinth, and for their tireless contribution and dedication to VRML.

Thanks to Mitra, Kouichi Matsuda, Rodger Lea, and Yasuaki Honda for their work on the Moving Worlds proposal and the Java appendix. Thanks to the many unnamed people who contributed ideas and work to the VRML Specification--you know who you are.

Thanks to Silicon Graphics, Inc., for creating a fantastic work environment and for taking a risk on VRML.

Thanks to Mary Treseler, John Fuller, Keith Wollman, and the Addison Wesley Longman staff for guidance and support. Thanks to our book reviewers: Scott S. Ross, Stephen Chenney, Len Bullard, Cindy Reed-Ballreich, Jan C. Hardenbergh, Chet Murphy, Jai Natarajan, Matt O'Donnell, David Story, and Mason Woo. Thanks to Sam Chen and Silicon Graphics, Inc., for providing the cover image for this book. Thanks also to Sam Chen, Silicon Graphics, Inc. and Construct Internet Design for the O2 Out of Box Experience images used in the color plates.

And last, but not least, thanks to the members of the www-vrml mailing list for your ideas, passion, and hard work.