| VRweb: A Multi-System VRML Viewer (1995) | |||||||||||||||||
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| As VRML becomes the standard for describing 3D scenes on the Internet, many VRML viewers are being developed with proprietary interests or for specific target systems or protocols. VRweb is a VRML viewer providing the same user interface for multiple Web protocols (WWW, Gopher, and Hyper-G) and multiple platforms (Unix, Windows, and Macintosh) and is available as both binary and source code. VRweb source code is copyrighted, but is freely available for non-commercial use, providing a platform for research and experiment. Unlike other VRML viewers available in source code, VRweb does not require additional commercial libraries like OpenInventor or Motif, it is based entirely on freely available software components. A short overview of currently available VRML browsers is followed by a more detailed look at VRweb, including its user interface, multi-system nature, and software architecture. Keywords: VRML, WWW, Gopher, Hyper-G, OpenGL, X11, Windows, Internet, Web. 1 Introduction The Vi... | |||||||||||||||||
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