Avoiding Babel - What's next for VRML

World Movers

30'th January '97

Mitra

Chief Network Technology Architect

ParaGraph International Inc.

VRML 3.0 - NOT

• VRML 2.0 is extensible 
• Prototypes 
• External Prototypes 
• Built in Prototypes 
• URN's 
• Language Interfaces 
• Java 
• which flavor? 

What's Next

• Solid VRML2.0 
• Compression 
• Multi-User 

VRML Evolution

• Phase 1: Geometry 
• Phase 2: Behaviors 
• Phase 3: Multi-User 

Multi-User

• Living Worlds 
• Legal VRML2.0 extensions 
• Node based interface between World and Network 

VRML 3.0 maybe

• Fixes to event and security model 
• Collision Detection 
• Sprites 
• Sorting and Visibility 
• User Interface and Keyboard 
• Utility Nodes (Converters) 
• Living World support 

What's Wrong

• Incomplete Browser Implementations 
• Proper implementation of Prototypes 
• Scripting Interface 
• Language incompatability 

More information

• http://www.livingworlds.com 
• http://www.mitra.biz/vrml 
• news.livingworlds.com 
• http://www.paragraph.com 
• mitra@mitra.biz 
• Sessions on Big Worlds and Multi-user