Copyright © 1997 by Rikk Carey and Gavin Bell

Appendix E
VRML Compendium

This appendix lists the URLs of a variety of interesting and useful VRML-related Web sites. Topics include browsers, general information guides, organizations, discussion groups, and technical documents on VRML.

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E.1 Table of Contents

E.1 Table of Contents
E.2 VRML Browsers
E.3 VRML Information Sites
E.4 VRML Organizations
E.5 VRML Email Lists and Newsgroups
E.6 VRML Technical Documents

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E.2 VRML Browsers

Table E-1 contains known VRML 2.0 browsers as of April 1997. See the information sites for more current listings.

Table E-1 VRML 2.0 browsers

Browser Company URL
Heat Newfire, Inc. http://www.newfire.com
Community Place Sony Corporation http://vs.spiw.com/vs
Cosmo Player Silicon Graphics, Inc. http://vrml.sgi.com
GLview EMD Enterprises http://www.glview.com
Live3D Netscape Communications, Inc. http://home.netscape.com/eng/live3d
Liquid Reality DimensionX, Inc. http://www.dimensionx.com
Oz Virtual Oz Interactive, Inc. http://www.oz-inc.com
WorldView Intervista, Inc. http://www.intervista.com

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E.3 VRML Information Sites

The URLs in Table E-2 refer to Web sites that contain general and specific information on VRML. This includes introductory tutorials, history, frequently asked questions (FAQs), lists of VRML worlds, and references to relevant information.

Table E-2 VRML 2.0 information sites                                                  

Site Who URL
Browser Comparison Greg Seidman http://zing.ncsl.nist.gov/~gseidman/vrml/comparison.html
VRML Repository SDSC http://www.sdsc.edu/vrml
VRML Site Bob Crispen http://hiwaay.net/~crispen/vrml
SGI's VRML Site Silicon Graphics, Inc. http://vrml.sgi.com
VRMLSite Magazine Adrian Scott http://www.vrmlsite.com
VRML Forum IAT http://www.iat.unc.edu/technology/vrml
VRML From Hell Jim Race http://www.well.com/user/caferace/vrml.html
VRML Test Suite NIST http://www.itl.nist/gov/div87/ctg/vrml/vrml.htm
VRML Update Richard Tillman http://www.meshmart.org/vrmlup.htm

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E.4 VRML Organizations

Table E-3 lists the two primary VRML organizations. Note that the VAG has been replaced by the VRML Consortium's VRML Review Board (VRB.

Table E-3 VRML organizations

Organization URL
The VRML Architecture Group (VAG) http://www.vrml.org/vag
The VRML Consortium http://www.vrml.org

E.5 VRML Email Lists and Newsgroups

Table E-4 lists the known email lists and newsgroups for VRML discussions groups. See the VRML Consortium's Working Group page for an update (http://www.vrml.org/WorkingGroups).

Table E-4 VRML email lists and newsgroups

Name Description
comp.lang.vrml Technical discussion ov VRML language issues
news.livingworlds.com LivingWorld's newsgroups (see http://www.livingworlds.com)
secnews.netscape.com/netscape.live3d Netscape's Live3D newsgroup
vrml-java VRML Working Group on Java/VRML
vrml.sgi.com/sgi.cosmoplayer Silicon Graphics, Inc.'s Cosmo Player newsgroup
vrml.sgi.com/sgi.cosmoworlds Silicon Graphics, Inc.'s Cosmo Worlds newsgroup
www-vrml@vrml.org Primary VRML discussion group (see http://www.vrml.org/www-vrml)

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E.6 VRML Technical Documents

Table E-5 lists several technical documents relevant to VRML. See the VRML Consortium's web site for updates (http://www.vrml.org).

Table E-5 VRML technical documents                                           

Document URL
Proposal: External Authoring Interface (EAI) http://vrml.sgi.com/moving-worlds/spec/ExternalInterface.html
ProposaL: Compressed Binary Format http://www.rs6000.ibm.com/vrml/binary
VRML 1.0 Specification http://www.vrml.org/Specifications/VRML1.0
VRML 2.0 Specification (Aug96) http://www.vrml.org/Specifications/VRML2.0
VRML97 DIS Specification (Apr97) http://www.vrml.org/Specifications/VRML97

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