Re: VRML, the client and the third component

Robert Glidden (softpres@crl.com)
Thu, 22 Dec 1994 13:30:05 -0800 (PST)

I think the animation issue needs to be addressed early on in order to
get some sense of direction. IMHO animation could be a major stumbling
block down the road, and I suspect a lot of applications will need it.

On Thu, 22 Dec 1994, Linas Vepstas wrote:

> > From: Jan Hardenbergh <jch@nell.oki.com>
> > To: www-vrml <www-vrml@wired.com>
> > Subject: Re: VRML, the client and the third component
> > Date: Tue, 06 Dec 94 15:35:00 E
> >
> >
> > > Take a dig through the archives;
> >
> > Yes, I looked through the series: Re: VRML MUD's & Interaction
> >
> > > As I recall, we sort of tacitly
> > > decided not to decide this issue quite yet -- first, we're going to
> > > worry about getting the basic viewer technology up and running, then
> > > worry about the harder problems like this...
> >
> > That's fine. But this sort of global picture needs to be kept in the
> > spec/FAQ/...
>
> I'm willing to put together a spec/faq/digest for the interaction,
> animation and mud/moo issues, if someone volunteers to provide a
> URL - home for the resulting document (our IBM types are picky about
> what goes out on their corporate web server).
>
> Also -- a show of hands from everyone please -- let me know if you
> think this would be a waste of time, or is a useful undertaking.
>
> --linas
>