Re: Specifying Viewpoint on Entry

Chris Marrin ([email protected])
Mon, 29 May 1995 21:57:35 -0700


On May 26, 12:36pm, Sean Fuller wrote:
> Subject: Specifying Viewpoint on Entry
> I don't know if I've missed it but in designing a simple world I have
> the need to specify different viewpoints for entering a space. I have
> divided my cyberspace into rooms that are connected with doors. I have
> also created viewpoints facing into the room from each door. It would
> be really useful to have some way of using a URL in a WWWAnchor like
> http://info.arnold.af.mil/main.wrl#East_Door and have the entry view
> default to the Cameras Switch with a DEF by that name. I can't find
> anything like this in the spec. If there is a way could someone please
> tell me. If there is not, I would suggest that it be put in the spec
> for version 1.1 or so. Thanks.

This is precisely how Webspace will work in beta 2. It's not in the spec.
We're just defining a naming convention to get the dehavior you describe
above.

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