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VRML 2.0 and Cosmo Player 2.0

Late in 1997, a cause for renewed hope for VRML arrived in the form of Cosmo Player 2.0 for Windows 95 and Windows NT. The beta of this next-generation VRML browser went up on the company's Web site, bringing with it the high-quality and high-performance previously seen only in trade show demos. As a result, the best content created by the pioneers of VRML - with its smooth animation, rich lighting, colour, and high-quality textures - is now deployable to the Internet for interactive viewing by surfers.

If you are a content creator, let Cosmo Player 2.0 be your next inspiration. If you are one of those disappointed by the first generation of PC VRML browsers, it's time to take a second look. Install Cosmo Player 2.0 and take a look at the sites Listed below.

To install the Cosmo Player 2.0 Plug-in for Win95.

To install the Cosmo Player 2.0 for Windows 3.1.

Next month we'll take a look at the Beta of Cosmo play 2.1 and some useful tools for creating these VRML Worlds on your PC.
10 VRML 2.0 Links
20 Million Copies of Cosmo Player

You want to make great interactive 3D Web content, and want to be a VRML professional. But even after your most eye-popping demos - amazing, interactive, animated ad banners under 12 kilobytes - you keep hearing the same objection, "How many people can really view VRML?"

To better arm you for your next encounter, we've pulled together three basic facts, which we encourage you to memorize and repeat:

Fact #1: In 1997 over 20 million copies of Cosmo Player were distributed, making this not only the clear leader in the VRML browser market (over 85 percent market share), and one of the most broadly distributed applications in the history of the computer industry. (With many thanks to our partner, Netscape!)

Fact #2: The installed base of personal computers with a 150 MHz or greater CPU is now well over 100 million. These systems are quite capable of displaying the kind of VRML content most relevant to your clients-small, lightweight page animations.

Fact #3: VRML is one of a very few strategic technologies on which Netscape and Microsoft agree. Other major backers, aside from SGI, include IBM, Sony, Oracle, and Apple.


 
 
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