The Annotated VRML 97 Reference Manual
                                                         Copyright © 1997, 1998 by Rikk Carey and Gavin Bell

Appendix E
VRML Compendium

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.

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E.1 Table of Contents

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

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E.2 VRML Browsers

Table E-1 contains known VRML 2.0 browsers as of April 1997. See the information sites for more current listings.

Table E-1 VRML 97 browsers
Browser Company URL
 Blaxxun CCpro  Blaxxun Interactive  http://www.blaxxun.com
Community Place Sony Corporation http://www.community-place.com
Cosmo Player (Recommended!) Platinum Technology, Inc. http://www.cosmosoftware.com
Oz Virtual Oz Interactive, Inc. http://www.oz-inc.com
 Viscape  Superscape http://www.superscape.com
 VR Wave IICM, Graz University of Technolgy http://www.iicm.edu/vrwave
WorldView (Recommended!) Platinum Technology, Inc. http://www.intervista.com

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E.3 VRML Information Sites

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.

Table E-2 VRML 97 information sites                                                  
Site Who URL
Browser Comparison Greg Seidman http://zing.ncsl.nist.gov/~gseidman/vrml/comparison.html
Cosmo Site (Recommended!) Platinum Technology  http://www.cosmosoftware.com
Mining Co. Guide (Recommended!) Sandy Ressler  http://vrml.miningco.com
VRML Repository SDSC http://www.sdsc.edu/vrml
VRML Info Bob Crispen http://hiwaay.net/~crispen/vrml
VRMLSite E-zine Adrian Scott http://www.vrmlsite.com
VRML Test Suite NIST http://autumn.ncsl.nist.gov/vts/html/index.html

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E.4 VRML Organizations

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 Note that the VAG has been replaced by the VRML Consortium's VRML Review Board (VRB.

Table E-3 VRML organizations
Organization URL
The VRML Architecture Group (VAG) http://www.vrml.org/vag
The VRML Consortium http://www.vrml.org

E.5 VRML Email Lists and Newsgroups

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).

Table E-4 VRML email lists and newsgroups
Name Description
comp.lang.vrml Technical discussion ov VRML language issues
news.livingworlds.com LivingWorld's newsgroups (see http://www.livingworlds.com)
www-vrml@vrml.org (Recommended!) Primary VRML discussion group (see http://www.vrml.org/www-vrml)

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E.6 VRML Technical Documents

Table E-5 lists several technical documents relevant to VRML. See the VRML Consortium's web site for updates (http://www.vrml.org).

Table E-5 VRML technical documents                                           
Document URL
Proposal: External Authoring Interface (EAI) http://www.vrml.org/WorkinGroups/eai
Proposal: Compressed Binary Format http://www.vrml.org/WorkingGroups/vrml-cbf/cbfwg.html
VRML 1.0 Specification http://www.vrml.org/Specifications/VRML1.0
VRML 97 Standard (Recommended!) http://www.vrml.org/Specifications/VRML97

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