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- Microsoft VRML Add-In for Internet Explorer
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- Microsoft VRML Add-In for Internet Explorer is a fully integrated add-on
- module for Microsoft Internet Explorer 2.0 that enables you to explore
- virtual (3-D) worlds using a mouse, a keyboard, or a joystick. VRML Add-In
- uses RealityLab technology to provide fast and easy access to virtual worlds
- that created using VRML 1.0 (Virtual Reality Modeling Language). For more
- detailed information about VRML provided by an external source, click here.
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- VRML Add-In requires Windows 95 and Microsoft Internet Explorer 2.0. VRML
- Add-In will not run on beta versions of Internet Explorer, so please be sure
- you are running Internet Explorer version 2.0 before attempting to download
- VRML Add-In.
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- To install VRML Add-In for the first time
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- 1. Click here to download VRML Add-In 2.0.
- (Download: 1,854KB, self-installing executable file; published January
- 19, 1996)
- 2. If Internet Explorer displays the Confirm File Open dialog, click Open.
-
- To upgrade your current version of VRML Add-In to Version 2.0
-
- 1. Right-click here to download VRML Add-In 2.0, and then click Save
- Target As.
- 2. Click Save to save the vrml20.exe file on your desktop.
- 3. Quit Internet Explorer.
- 4. On your desktop, double-click the vrml20 icon to extract and install
- the VRML Add-In 2.0 program files.
-
- Browse Virtual Reality 3-D Worlds!
- After you install the VRML Add-In, see this section for sites that will take
- you on a Virtual Reality 3-D trip around the web.
-
- Frequently Asked Questions
- This section answers some common questions about using VRML Add-In.
-
- Known Issues
- VRML Add-In 2.0 contains some unresolved issues that you can find out about
- here.
-
- Send us your Bug Reports
- We provide an online form that you can fill out and submit to us directly.
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- Features of Microsoft VRML Add-In 2.0 for Internet Explorer
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- * Supports VRML AsciiText node.
- * Help support integrated with Internet Explorer
- * Smart Uninstall utility restores previous VRML settings
- * Automatic detection of joystick drift
- * Improved handling of lighting in worlds authored using Caligari
- Fountain
- * Support for VRML 1.0 ShapeHints field
- * Improved lighting model increases realism of VRML worlds
- * More flexible parsing -- you can now view even more VRML worlds!
- * Integrated seamlessly with Microsoft Internet Explorer 2.0
- * Uses the Microsoft RealityLab 3-D rendering engine for high performance
- * Uses Internet Explorer's powerful History, Favorites, and caching
- features
- * Allows virtual worlds to be embedded within HTML documents
- * Provides background download of textures and inlines
- * Supports texture mapping in .gif, .jpg, and .bmp formats
- * Supports full relative URLs for hyperlinks, inlines, and textures
- * Supports standard VRML 1.0 as well as common extensions
- * Can detect collisions with objects
- * Provides camera animation (FlyTo mode)
- * Enables you to "examine" objects using direct manipulation
- * Provides dynamic clipping plane adjustment
- * Supports LOD (level-of-detail)
- * Supports IndexedLineSet and IndexedPointSet nodes
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- GNU GZip License Information
- VRML Add-In 2.0 currently uses GNU GZip for decompressing VRML worlds.
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- ⌐ 1996 Microsoft Corporation
-