VRML 2.0 Sourcebook, 2nd Edition

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

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.
. MORELAND is an expert in programming for interactivity and multimedia systems development, and is coleader of the VRML R&D team at SDSC.