Re: Specifying Viewpoint on Entry

Len Wanger ([email protected])
Wed, 31 May 1995 09:18:05 +0100

>From Sean Fuller:
>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.

I had previosuly suggested a more general form which would allow the
specification of any field value within the url. This would allow you to
say the same thing as
http://info.arnold.af.mil/main.wrl#Doors_Node.whichChild=East_Door

>From Chris Marrin:
>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.

I think my scheme is a lot more flexibility and doesn't require a special
naming convention hack like the one being added Webspace. It makes me
uneasy to see all of these hacks going into webspace!

Len Wanger

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