Moving Worlds VRML 2.0 Specification

Draft #1

Change Log

April 17, 1996

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4/17/96 (rc):

• Changed comma to be a whitespace character
• Added parameters field to Anchor
• Changed Anchor fields to be exposed

4/12/96 (cm):

• Fixed lots of links and caught some instances of old node names
• Fixed error in Anchor example caught by mott
• Got rid of duplicate FontStyle description caught by jkent
• Got rid of image field in ImageTexture node
• Fixed error in NavigationInfo of misnamed and duplicated avatarSize field

4/2/96 (rc):

• Changed ClickSensor to TouchSensor (as per Denton, almost)
• Major update/rewrite Text and FontStyle nodes and description (thanx to Jan H.).
• Redesigned texture nodes: renamed Texture2 to ImageTexture, created MovieTexture, and created PixelTexture (no URL, just pixels)
• Changed Fog's maximumVisibility to visibilityRange
• Removed all geometry nodes from the spec - they are simply not needed anymore.
• Changed BoxProximitySensor to ProximitySensor (since there's only one now)
• Removed hit* fields and enabled field from PlaneSensor
• Changed all URL fields (e.g. filename) to `url' - let's face it these are URLs, not files (e.g. data:...").
• Removed WWW prefix from all nodes . Too many nodes now have URLs in them - prefer to keep the names simple and clear.
• Made the following changes to simplify: Coordinate3 -> Coordinate, Texture2Transform -> TextureTransform, TextureCoordinate2 -> TextureCoordinate.
• Changed Cube to Box ( to be more geometrically correct), and merged fields into a single size Vec3f. (Note that Sphere is a sphere since it is defined by a radius, not 3 radii.)
• Minor Fog re-write and field name change
• Added bind and isBound fields to NavInfo, Viewpoint, Background, and wrote the section Bindable Leaf Nodes.
• Added clickTime to TimeSensor and re-defined time as absolute (not relative)

3/24/96 (rc):

• Re-organized and alphabetized nodes in Node Ref
• Added Billboard
• Replaced PointSound and DirectedSound with Sound and AudioClip
• Changed/updated GeneralCylinder to Extrusion

3/23/96 (rc):

• Texture2Transform fields exposed
• Disallowed exposed fields in Script nodes
• ColorInterpolate's "eventOut outValue" changed from MF to SFColor to match the Material node
• Re-wrote the Interpolator's section - added more detail
• Lots of minor re-org to improve readability
• Added WWWMovieTexture and ImageTexture
• Changed Texture2 to WWWTexture2 - removed image field

3/5/96(cm): Removed voting booth. Added BNF syntax section to spec. Misc. edits to spec.

1/24/96(cm): Added questions to the voting booth.

1/24/96(cm): More spec refinements, more logos and a Sample Software section.

1/23/96(cm): Added API and major spec update.

1/16/96(cm): First public version.

1/8/96 (gb): Created.