Re: VRML - The next step?

David Peck ([email protected])
Tue, 4 Apr 1995 18:40:46 -0400 (EDT)


On Tue, 4 Apr 1995, Glenn Crocker wrote:

> >The suggestion
> >that we should build from the ground up an entirely new system almost
> >makes sense, because this is an entirely new idea.
>
> When there are giants around, you should try to stand on their
> shoulders, not their feet. Take a serious look at LP. It's lean and
> mean, and does lots of things right. DGD in particular is a really
> nice little server.

I will certainly do so. I don't know enough about LP at present time to
make educated claims about it one way or another. Perhaps my assertion
("let's start from the ground up") was too strong - I meant: "if we
start with LP/whatever, there may be a number of _drastic_ changes to
make". However, it _is_ good to work with your foot in something concrete
that exists already, as VRML1.0 did with OpenInventor...

-David Peck
-http://www.mbhs.edu/~dpeck/
-Macintosh Shareware Games Programmer
-"Weep for the future. Weep for us all." - Babylon 5