VRML Links

The Virtual Reality Modeling Language (VRML) is the 3D equivalent of HTML, allowing Internet distribution of interactive 3D geometries. It requires special browser plug-ins, of which there are many to choose from.

Browsers and software:

• CosmoPlayer (my favorite, works well in Netscape 4.5+)
• VRML Browser software summary

Guides and Help

• VRML FAQ - (by Bob Crispen) best all-around resource, IMHO
• Annotated VRML Reference Manual - best answers for developers
• WEB3D Consortium - developers of the current and future standards for 3D Web content
• Focus on Web3D - frequently-updated view of 3D Web technology and applications

Examples

• VRML examples page (from Crispen's VRMLWorks) a very wide assortment of topic areas
• Building construction and other worlds from the National Institute of Standards (your tax dollars at work). Try out the virtual heavy-equipment operations world and turn your computer into a virtual sandbox.
• Virtual Real-Estate:
  • visit your new apartment in Vienna before you buy (select tower).
  • tour the old town of Glasgow, Scotland and quaff a virtual pint
• Virtual surgery: on-line training simulations. Practice your hand at brain surgery
• Wyoming topography/geology: this map-server lets you investigate any part of the state you're interested in. Click on the "3D" button in the central frame
• US Geological Survey Virtual Reality page
• Seasons simulation from NASA: explaining how the Earth's seasons work with an immersive model
• Educational applications: a broad list of VRML sites intended for educational purposes

Last updated Aug. 6, 1999 (THB)