Re: VRML - The next step?

David Peck ([email protected])
Wed, 5 Apr 1995 14:01:52 -0400 (EDT)


Great, but unfortunately we're going for an open standard. Is dVS open?

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David Peck
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Macintosh SW Games Programmer
"Weep for the future. Weep for us all..." - B5

On Wed, 5 Apr 1995, steve wrote:

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> > I envision this system as the renderer and interaction parts of a VRML-like
> > system split out, with a defined API, common across platforms and
> > implementations. The main reason I think this kind of system is a good idea is
> > because it lets people who build renderers build great renderers, and lets
> > people who write parsers, language tools, multi-person interactive spaces
> > (M**'s), etc, concentrate on them, not on rendering concerns, or how to map a
> > mouse click into 3-d space. It makes hacking a new 3-d paradigm more plausible
> > than it is currently.
>
> You have just described dVS - this is a commercial VR product
> available from Division Inc, North Carolina. I have received a number of
> requests recently on the dVS architecture, and I am preparing a paper
> which I will circulate soon.
>
> Steve
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