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Includes good coverage of behaviors and new introductions to Perl, Java, and JavaScript and their interaction with VRML. Written by experts at the San Diego Supercomputer Center.
Book Description
THE BEST BOOK AVAILABLE ON VRML
FROM THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO COULD HAVE WRITTEN IT
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 in and write scripts for your 3-D world with behaviors.
Packed with fascinating and instructive examples, diagrams, and screen captures, VRML 2.0 Sourcebook is an invaluable technical resource for professional developers and hobbyists alike.
CD-ROM includes:
* All the code for the VRML objects and worlds in the book
* Textures and VRML objects that can be used to create more realistic VRML worlds
* VRML Web browsers, authoring tools, and graphic manipulation tools
* Java and JavaScript code to add behaviors to VRML worlds
* Additional VRML worlds not in the book
FROM THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO COULD HAVE WRITTEN IT
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 in and write scripts for your 3-D world with behaviors.
Packed with fascinating and instructive examples, diagrams, and screen captures, VRML 2.0 Sourcebook is an invaluable technical resource for professional developers and hobbyists alike.
CD-ROM includes:
* All the code for the VRML objects and worlds in the book
* Textures and VRML objects that can be used to create more realistic VRML worlds
* VRML Web browsers, authoring tools, and graphic manipulation tools
* Java and JavaScript code to add behaviors to VRML worlds
* Additional VRML worlds not in the book
Ingram
This comprehensive tutorial for building 3D virtual worlds on the Internet using VRML is now updated to reflect the significant upgrade to VRML 2.0. The second edition includes extensive coverage of Behaviors and new introductions to Perl, Java and JavaScript. The VRML 2.0 Sourcebook tells where to get VRML browsers and how to make them work with your current Web browser. The CD contains code for all VRML worlds.
JA Majors Book Info
A comprehensive guide for creating 3-D virtual worlds on the Internet with VRML. Explains how to design complex objects for virtual world using VRML, and how to use professional graphic techniques to create extremely realistic worlds. Paper. CD ROM included. DLC: Hypertext systems.
The publisher, John Wiley & Sons
Behaviors a new function of VRML 2.0 that enables you to animate objects in a 3D world. This comprehensive tutorial for building 3D virtual worlds on the Internet using VRML is now updated to reflect the significant upgrade to VRML 2.0. The second edition includes extensive coverage of Behaviors and new introductions to Perl, Java, and JavaScript--popular languages that can be used with VRML. Written by experts at the San Diego Supercomputer Center,The VRML 2.0 Sourcebook tells where to get VRML browsers and how to make them work with your current Web browser. There are tips on how to use special lighting, camera angles, and realistic graphics to create intriguing virtual worlds. Includes CD-ROM with... * Code for all VRML worlds discussed in the book * VRML browsers and authoring tools * Textures and graphics * Behavior code written in JavaScript and Perl.
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THE BEST BOOK AVAILABLE ON VRML
FROM THE ONLY PEOPLE WHO COULD HAVE WRITTEN IT
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 in and write scripts for your 3-D world with behaviors.
Packed with fascinating and instructive examples, diagrams, and screen captures, VRML 2.0 Sourcebook is an invaluable technical resource for professional developers and hobbyists alike.
CD-ROM includes:
- All the code for the VRML objects and worlds in the book
- Textures and VRML objects that can be used to create more realistic VRML worlds
- VRML Web browsers, authoring tools, and graphic manipulation tools
- Java and JavaScript code to add behaviors to VRML worlds
- Additional VRML worlds not in the book
About the author
ANDREA L. AMES is a Junior Fellow of the SDSC and a technical communication and new communication media expert at Informix Software, Inc. DAVID R. NADEAU is an expert in interactive 3-D computer graphics and is coleader of the VRML research and development effort at SDSC. JOHN L. MORELAND is an expert in programming for interactivity and multimedia systems development, and is coleader of the VRML R&D team at SDSC.
