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发信人: seaman (翩翩少年), 信区: Graphics
标 题: About VRML
发信站: 哈工大紫丁香 (Tue Sep 28 19:24:15 1999), 转信
Background
The Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML, often pronounced 'vermal') is
the file format standard for 3D multimedia and shared virtual worlds on the
Internet. Just as HyperText Markup Language (HTML) led to a population
explosion on the Internet by implementing a graphical interface, VRML adds
the next level of interaction, structured graphics, and extra dimensions (z and
time) to the online experience. The applications of VRML are broad, ranging
from prosaic business graphics to entertaining web page graphics, to
manufacturing, scientific, entertainment, and educational applications, and of
course to 3D shared virtual worlds and communities.
Evolution
VRML blends the intuitive human sense of space and time with user interface
interaction and programming language integration producing a truly new and
exciting technology for the Internet. The evolution of the Net from
command-line to 2D graphical to emergent 3D interfaces reflects ongoing,
fundamental progress toward human-centered interface design--that is, toward
a more immersive and responsive computer-mediated experience.
Standard
Since its inception in 1994, VRML has been an open standard instilled with the
principle that high quality infrastructures can be built out in the open on level
playing fields. This results in faster and better products as well as more
interesting and productive market competition based on value, not history or
platform dependency. With the ISO Standard VRML97 approved, attention is
turning to the next generation of VRML.
Forum
The Web3D Consortium was formed to provide a forum for the creation of
open standards for VRML specifications, and to accelerate the worldwide
demand for products based on these standards through the sponsorship of
market and user education programs. VRML applications have been actively
pursued by many organizations for quite some time. This community has
spearheaded the development of the VRML 1.0 and 2.0 specifications, which
provide the basis for the development of associated applications. The
organizations involved in this effort felt that the creation of an open consortium
focused exclusively on VRML would provide the structure necessary to
stabilize, standardize, and nurture VRML for the entire community.
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