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VRML stands for Virtual Reality Modeling Language. Virtual reality (VR) is a interactive technology that simulates 3-D reality in real time. VRML is the markup language for virtual reality. It accomplishes the same thing for VR that HTML accomplishes for text: it determines how the program will be executed. Right now, VRML is only a draft proposal, but it is only a matter of time before it is incorporated into the Web.

URLs:

On the Net: VRML Resources
Exhaustive listing of VRML info
VRML forum
A key VRML site.
Welcome to WebSpace!
WebSpace is a VRML viewer--this page shows what a VRML browser interface looks like.
VRML World
The latest news on VRML development from Mecklermedia's iWorld.

W3E References:

markup
Web
HTML

Detail:

VRML allows the transport of computer-generated graphics over a network. In order to use VRML on your computer, you need a VRML viewer such as WebSpace (see URL above).

There are three basic requirements for a three-dimensional Web interface such as VRML. First, it must have object definitions that indicate what the geometric representations are for each object. Second, it needs the ability to connect a URL to an object within a specific scene. Third, it has to offer scene definitions, that indicate what an object's placement is within a larger context.

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