Further Information

A good introductory text in the subject of VR is Virtual Reality Systems, by J. Vince, Addision Wesley, 1995.

A major resource is the:
VRML and VirtualReality on the Internet web site

Valuable VRML resources include:

 

VRML Materials	VRML Production
VRML	VRML Tutorials
VRML Browsers	VRML Models, Textures, Sound Files for use in VRML Creation
3D VRML Multii-User Environments	Virtual Reality Materials ---  The "Inspiration for VRML"
Major Links to VRML worlds	Various other 3D graphics/VR/ VRML development programs
VRML Worlds for Surfin'	VR/VRML Educational Sites of Interest

 
 
 

VRML Materials

• Computer System

3D graphics accelerators are wonderful -- Choose an accelerator that will support both OpenGL and DirectX Rendering
• Windows/MS Dos Machine
• 66 Mg Hz 486 although slow, it will work
• Pentium Processor the best -- the faster, the better
• Macintosh with FPU
• Unix-based machine
• Internet Connection 14.4 Baud modem will work, but 28.8 Bauds and direct connects are the best
• Web Browser
• Netscape 3.0 or higher -- You will get a wider variety of  VRML browsers
• Microsoft Explorer is developing more VRML/3D web developing tools for its web browser

MORE INFORMATION ON VRML MATERIALS WITH ESSENTIAL DOWNLOADS TO BEGIN.
VRML

• VRML Organization -- Developing Specs for the Next Generation of VRML http://www.vrml.org/
• THE WEB's A 3D  WORLD AFTER ALL  http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/firstlooks/9805/f980515a.htm
• Latest Press Releases about VRML http://vrml.miningco.com/msubpres.htm
• CosmoSoftware's All About VRML Page      http://www.cosmosoftware.com/developer/index_allabout.html
• Vist Sandy Ressler's VRML Mining Company for news about VRML http://vrml.miningco.com/
• VRML Repository for the news about VRML  http://www.sdsc.edu/vrml/
• Yahoo! - Computers and Internet:Internet:World Wide Web:Virtual Reality Modeling Language VRML http://www.yahoo.com/Computers_and_Internet/Internet/World_Wide_Web/Virtual_Reality_Modeling_Language__VRML_/
• VRML Samples http://www.nist.gov/itl/div878/ovrt/projects/vrml/vrmlfiles.html
• Who's Using VRML?  http://www.frerichs.net/whowherewhat.html
• 3D Content for the Web  http://www.frerichs.net/vrml2/islides.html
• VRML2 Worlds  http://www.frerichs.net/vrml2/index.html
• NCSA VRML Home Page http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/General/VRML/VRMLHome.html
• VRMLSite Magazine   http://www.vrmlsite.com/
• Lights and VRML 2    http://www.vrmlsite.com/nov96/spot2.html
•  VRML Goes Dynamic   http://www.vrmlsite.com/oct96/spotlight/proto/proto.html
• Practical Applications for VRML 2.0   http://www.vrmlsite.com/aug96/spotlight/vrml2/vrml2.html

 

VRML Browsers

• Which Plug-In Browser to choose? http://hiwaay.net/~crispen/vrml/viewing2.html
• MULTIPLE VRML BROWSERS --Please be very cautious about installing multiple VRML Browser Applications on your Web Browser!  VRML is continually being developed by programmers and interested groups throughout the world.
• http://hiwaay.net/~crispen/vrml/multi_plugin.html
• Browsers that are available:
• http://www.zdnet.com/products/vrmluser/map/zd3dtextonly.html
•  http://www.sdsc.edu/vrml/
• Cosmo Player from Platinum (formerly SGI)  http://www.cosmosoftware.com  (This is my personal preference ...for now!)
• VRML Browser for the Macintosh      http://www.cosmosoftware.com/products/player/developer/
• Netscape Communicator has the Cosmo Player VRML browser
• Microsoft's commitment to VRML   http://www.microsoft.com/vrml/
• Download Microsoft's VRML browser for Internet Explorer   http://www.microsoft.com/vrml/toolbar/
• Community Place VRML browser from Sony  http://www.sonypic.com/vs/downld1.html#CP
• Intervista  WoldView VRML browser for Win95/NT and Macintosh http://www.intervista.com/products/worldview/
• TEST YOUR VRML BROWSER APPLICATION   http://hiwaay.net/~crispen/vrml/browser_test.html

3D VRML Multii-User Environments
You need to monitor some of these areas. These are wonderful Internet Graphics that demonstrate the "true" potential of Internet VR.

• Black Sun http://ww3.blacksun.com/
• Community Place http://www.sonypic.com/vs/
• VRML Repositoryhttp://www.sdsc.edu/vrml/
• VNET --  Works with almost any browser and plugin multi-user VRML software in the world,  no download no install-only uses JAVA, and doesn't need any VRML "extentions")http://ariadne.iz.net/~jeffs/vnet/
•  Geometrek --Somewhat similar to Vnet, but featuring shared objects http://www.geometrek.com/

Major Links to VRML worlds

• Microsoft VRML links   http://www.microsoft.com/vrml/offworld/array.htm
• CosmoSoftware Galleries     http://www.cosmosoftware.com/galleries/
• ZDNet's VRML Worlds      http://www.zdnet.com/products/vrmluser/gallery/
• VRML Repositoryhttp://www.sdsc.edu/vrml/

VRML Worlds for Surfin'

• The VR Coffee Gallery http://www.tristero.com/coffee/vrcoffee/
• Media Storm Home Page http://www.pacificnet.net/~mediastorm/
• Planet 9 Studios  http://www.planet9.com/indexnetscape.htm
• VRML Models http://www.ocnus.com/models/models.html
• VRML/WebOOGL Zoo of Mathematical 3D Objects http://www.geom.umn.edu/software/weboogl/zoo/
• V R M L - WinterNet http://199.45.246.18:80/Winternet/vrml/
• CAVE VRML http://evlweb.eecs.uic.edu/pape/vrml/CAVE/
• Aereal BOOM! http://www.aereal.com/boom/
• VRML at IBM http://www.austin.ibm.com/vrml/
• Virtual Visions  http://www.concentric.net/~Wthien/VirtualVisions.html
• VRML Worlds, Tutorials, Links http://www.a1.nl/homepages/rsmeenk

VRML Production Applications (Without VRML Programming)

•  ** CosmoWorlds  http://www.cosmosoftware.com
•  * VR Creator http://www.platinum.com/products/appdev/vream/vrc_ps.htm
•  *  Cosmo HomeSpace Designer  http://www.cosmosoftware.com/products/designer/
•  * Superscape http://www.superscape.com/
• ** TrueSpace4 http://www.caligari.com
• Modeling the 3D Web--Packages Available for Design
• http://www.zdnet.com/products/content/articles/199805/vrml.model/
• http://www.sdsc.edu/vrml/

* Fairly Easy to Use in Talkmitt's opinion            **  More Difficult in Talkmitt's opinion

VRML Tutorials

• VRML Mining Company Tutorial Links  http://vrml.miningco.com/msub1tut.htm
• VRML course  at the Digital University http://www.digitaledu.com/courses/vrmlintro.html
• VRML course at ZDNet     http://www.zdu.com/zdu/catalog/programming.htm
• CosmoSoftware's Tutorial Page  http://www.cosmosoftware.com/developer/tutorials.html
• CosmoSoftware's Tips     http://www.cosmosoftware.com/developer/tips/
• CosmoSoftware's Designer Information    http://www.cosmosoftware.com/developer/design/
• CosmoSoftware's External Interface Information   http://www.cosmosoftware.com/products/player/developer/eai/
• ZD Net's Garage of VRML Tutorials    http://www.zdnet.com/products/garage/vrml.html
• VRML Repositoryhttp://www.sdsc.edu/vrml/
• VRML BASICS  http://www.cosmosoftware.com/developer/basics.html
• The Annotated VRML 97 Reference Manual  http://www.wasabisoft.com/Book/

Learn VRML Code

• The MiningCo        http://vrml.miningco.com
• Rev. Bob's VRML FAQ    http://hiwaay.net/~crispen/vrml/
• The VRML Repository     http://vrml.sdsc.edu/
• The VRML Consortium    http://www.vrml.org

VRML Models, Textures, Sound Files for use in VRML Creation

• Microsoft Files for Use  http://www.microsoft.com/vrml/stacks/
•  CosmoSoftware's Object Libraries  http://www.cosmosoftware.com/galleries/2dgallery_obj.html
• CosmoSoftware's Models      http://www.cosmosoftware.com/developer/index_models.html
• VRML Repositoryhttp://www.sdsc.edu/vrml/

Virtual Reality Materials ---  The "Inspiration for VRML"

• SENSE8 Corporation - Home Page http://www.sense8.com/
• Interactive Imaging Systems, Inc. (VFX1 HMD)  http://www.iisvr.com/
• General Reality Company http://www.genreality.com
• TerraVirtua http://www.terravirtua.com/
• Yahoo! - Entertainment:Virtual Reality
• The CAVE : A Virtual Reality Theater http://www.evl.uic.edu/EVL/index.html
• Houston NASA VR REAL Texas Style VR--Virtual Environment Technology Laboratory http://www.vetl.uh.edu
• National Center for Supercomputing Applications http://www.ncsa.uiuc.edu/
• Human Interface Technology Lab http://www.hitl.washington.edu/index.html
• Virtual Reality and Education Laboratory http://eastnet.educ.ecu.edu/vr/vrel.htm

Various other 3D graphics/VR/ VRML development programs

• PC Magazine -- 3-D Animation Software: Ideas Taking Shape (3D Animation November 5, 1996)
• http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/features/software/1519/_open.htm
• THE WEB's A 3D  WORLD AFTER ALL (June 9, 1998)
• http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/firstlooks/9805/f980515a.htm
• Caligari Company http://www.caligari.com
• QuickTime VR http://qtvr.quicktime.apple.com/
• Plug-ins for Netscape Additional Graphics and VRML Plug-Ins added periodically
• http://cgi.netscape.com/comprod/products/navigator/version_2.0/plugins/index.html
• Lightscape VRML http://www.lightscape.com/VRML/
• ThemeKit Enabling Virtual Reality http://www.themekit.com/
• Virtus Corporation http://www.virtus.com/
•  Superscape ... Home of VR on the Net http://www.superscape.com/
• VRML Repositoryhttp://www.sdsc.edu/vrml/

VR/VRML Educational Sites of Interest

• The Human Brain Project - Denmark http://hendrix.ei.dtu.dk/
• Simulations of Fatty Acid Binding Proteins http://physiology.med.jhu.edu/tom/fabp/fabp.html#2
• VRML in Chemistry http://ws05.pc.chemie.th-darmstadt.de/vrml/
• Chemical Examples of VRML Virtual Reality Modeling Language http://www.ch.ic.ac.uk/VRML/
• VRML Gallery of Electromagnetism by Rob Salgado http://www.phy.syr.edu/courses/vrml/
•  Zona Land  --Education in Physics and Mathematics  http://id.mind.net/~zona/index.html
• CosmoSoftware's Science Gallery    http://www.cosmosoftware.com/galleries/2dgallery_sci.html
• CosmoSoftware's Art Gallery  http://www.cosmosoftware.com/galleries/2dgallery_art.html
• CosmoSoftware's Engineering Gallery    http://www.cosmosoftware.com/galleries/2dgallery_eng.html
•  CosmoSoftware's Reference Gallery   http://www.cosmosoftware.com/galleries/2dgallery_ref.html
• VRML Repositoryhttp://www.sdsc.edu/vrml/
• London International Children's  Festival (London Canada)  http://www.wwdc.com/childfest/
• Familiar Blocks  http://www.familiartales.com/familiarblocks/familiarblocks.htm
• VRML Hurricane  http://cnn.com/SPECIALS/multimedia/vrml/hurricane/
• VRML Math
• http://www.mathworks.com
• http://www.dsl.whoi.edu/~sayers/VRMLplot/examples.html
• Biology VRML Files  http://emile-21.com/VRML/
• Molecular VRML Files  http://www.molecules.com/vrmlmols/index.html