This appendix lists the URLs of a variety of interesting and useful VRML-related Web sites. Topics include browsers, general information guides, organizations, discussion groups, and technical documents on VRML.
| E.1 Table of Contents E.2 VRML Browsers E.3 VRML Information Sites |
E.4 VRML Organizations E.5 VRML Email Lists and Newsgroups E.6 VRML Technical Documents |
Table E-1 contains known VRML 2.0 browsers as of April 1997. See the information sites for more current listings.
| Browser | Company | URL |
| Heat | Newfire, Inc. | http://www.newfire.com |
| Community Place | Sony Corporation | http://vs.spiw.com/vs |
| Cosmo Player | Silicon Graphics, Inc. | http://vrml.sgi.com |
| GLview | EMD Enterprises | http://www.glview.com |
| Live3D | Netscape Communications, Inc. | http://home.netscape.com/eng/live3d |
| Liquid Reality | DimensionX, Inc. | http://www.dimensionx.com |
| Oz Virtual | Oz Interactive, Inc. | http://www.oz-inc.com |
| WorldView | Intervista, Inc. | http://www.intervista.com |
The URLs in Table E-2 refer to Web sites that contain general and specific information on VRML. This includes introductory tutorials, history, frequently asked questions (FAQs), lists of VRML worlds, and references to relevant information.
| Site | Who | URL |
| Browser Comparison | Greg Seidman | http://zing.ncsl.nist.gov/~gseidman/vrml/comparison.html |
| VRML Repository | SDSC | http://www.sdsc.edu/vrml |
| VRML Site | Bob Crispen | http://hiwaay.net/~crispen/vrml |
| SGI's VRML Site | Silicon Graphics, Inc. | http://vrml.sgi.com |
| VRMLSite Magazine | Adrian Scott | http://www.vrmlsite.com |
| VRML Forum | IAT | http://www.iat.unc.edu/technology/vrml |
| VRML From Hell | Jim Race | http://www.well.com/user/caferace/vrml.html |
| VRML Test Suite | NIST | http://www.itl.nist/gov/div87/ctg/vrml/vrml.htm |
| VRML Update | Richard Tillman | http://www.meshmart.org/vrmlup.htm |
Table E-3 lists the two primary VRML organizations. Note that the VAG has been replaced by the VRML Consortium's VRML Review Board (VRB.
| Organization | URL |
| The VRML Architecture Group (VAG) | http://www.vrml.org/vag |
| The VRML Consortium | http://www.vrml.org |
Table E-4 lists the known email lists and newsgroups for VRML discussions groups. See the VRML Consortium's Working Group page for an update (http://www.vrml.org/WorkingGroups).
| Name | Description |
| comp.lang.vrml | Technical discussion ov VRML language issues |
| news.livingworlds.com | LivingWorld's newsgroups (see http://www.livingworlds.com) |
| secnews.netscape.com/netscape.live3d | Netscape's Live3D newsgroup |
| vrml-java | VRML Working Group on Java/VRML |
| vrml.sgi.com/sgi.cosmoplayer | Silicon Graphics, Inc.'s Cosmo Player newsgroup |
| vrml.sgi.com/sgi.cosmoworlds | Silicon Graphics, Inc.'s Cosmo Worlds newsgroup |
| www-vrml@vrml.org | Primary VRML discussion group (see http://www.vrml.org/www-vrml) |
Table E-5 lists several technical documents relevant to VRML. See the VRML Consortium's web site for updates (http://www.vrml.org).
| Document | URL |
| Proposal: External Authoring Interface (EAI) | http://vrml.sgi.com/moving-worlds/spec/ExternalInterface.html |
| ProposaL: Compressed Binary Format | http://www.rs6000.ibm.com/vrml/binary |
| VRML 1.0 Specification | http://www.vrml.org/Specifications/VRML1.0 |
| VRML 2.0 Specification (Aug96) | http://www.vrml.org/Specifications/VRML2.0 |
| VRML97 DIS Specification (Apr97) | http://www.vrml.org/Specifications/VRML97 |