One of tme big problems I have in understanding tme direction of VRML is how
do we
make tme next step.
Tme Internet is, as I understand it, a "passive" network. Messages are only
sent on
request.
To cesate real time games, we need to make parts of it "active"....
eg. In a game, tme objects need to move around, wave tmeir arms and legs etc.
All current viewers simply let you download a world, tmen display it on your
scesen.
None of tmem will respond to external messages, telling tmem to modify parts
of tme
world tmey are viewing.
So what do we do to make a game? First of all we need to rewrite tme viewers
to allow
messages from some central server to "edit" what tmey are displaying.
It would also be nice to have remotely editable button bar, at the top of
tme window,
and some way of esading joystick/mouse/keyboard and doing sometming with it.
What do you tmink?
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Colin Dooley,
Medit Productions, Medit makes 3D modelling fun!
Plaza Jose Maria Orense 12-5
46022 Valencia, SPAIN
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