The VRML 2.0 Sourcebook

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It took a team of experts from SDSC (the San Diego Supercomputer Center) to write the most authoritative and comprehensive guide available for creating 3-D virtual worlds on the Internet with VRML. Focusing on step-by-step guidance and insider tips and tricks, this task-oriented guide contains everything you need to make optimum use of this new technology. Totally rewritten for Version 2.0, this book explains:

• How to design complex objects for your virtual world using VRML
• How to use special lighting, viewpoints, and professional graphics techniques to create extremely realistic worlds
• How to animate objects and write scripts for your 3-D world with behaviors

Packed with fascinating and instructive examples, diagrams, and screen captures, The VRML 2.0 Sourcebook is an invaluable technical resource for professionals and hobbyists alike.

CD-ROM includes

• All the code for the VRML examples in the book
• Textures and VRML objects that can be used to create more realistic VRML worlds
• VRML Web browsers, VRML authoring tools, and graphic manipulation tools
• Java and JavaScript code to add behaviors to VRML worlds
• Additional VRML worlds not in the book

ANDREA L. AMES is a Junior Fellow of the SDSC and a technical communication expert who works at Informix Software, Inc. DAVID R. NADEAU is an expert in 3-D computer graphics and is co-leader of the VRML research and development effort at SDSC. JOHN L. MORELAND is an expert in interactive programming and multimedia systems and is co-leader of the VRML R&D team at the SDSC.

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