> how would an outside (tailormade) engine
> interface with vrml? how should the venerable mr ray structure tierra so
> that vrml can read its output?
You have hit apon an unsolved issue. Right now you have to spit out VRML which
the browser parser can swallow, then force the browser to reparse the output
from your application (either locally, from a file, or across the net via http).
Essentially, you have to reparse the whole file to make one incremental change.
There is currently no practical mechanism I know of for interfacing outside
engines to a VRML browser, though lots of people would like one, so perhaps it
will go in 2.0, or in someone's browser specific extensions ...
Mike holds up a sign saying "Good example of why we need an external application
interface".
-- Mike