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Number 6 ([email protected])
Sat, 15 Apr 1995 14:21:34 +0100 (BST)
I am (fairly) new to this list, and haven't posted before, but I'd just
like to point something out from a novice's point of view. The existing
W3, http, html and so on are accessable to everyone with just about any
hardware- I have heard the there is even an HTTP browser for the PDAs
coming on-line. The gist of VRML seems to be that, at the moment, only
those blesses with SGIs and NT based boxes are able to enjoy VRML.
ALthough I know thast TGS is working on a Win3.1 / 95 browser, what kind
of power will VRML require to be accessable? I would guess that at least
a dx2/66 cpu will be a requirement, and if VRML starts approacing the
heights that seem to be beginning to be talked about here, then a Pentium
will be in order. Perhaps we should concentrate on getting a basic form
of useable VRML, available to the masses, on line before we start to move
into the higher reaches of cyberspace.
Just my 0.02 roubles worth...
BCnU
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