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.
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 |
Table E-1 contains known VRML 2.0 browsers as of April 1997. See the information sites for more current listings.
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 |
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.
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 |
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 Note that the VAG has been replaced by the VRML Consortium's VRML Review Board (VRB.
Organization | URL |
The VRML Architecture Group (VAG) | http://www.vrml.org/vag |
The VRML Consortium | http://www.vrml.org |
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).
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) |
Table E-5 lists several technical documents relevant to VRML. See the VRML Consortium's web site for updates (http://www.vrml.org).
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 |