Virtual Explorer requires a 486 or better machine running Windows 95 and the
released version of Internet Explorer (also available for download from
www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/ie.htm). The NT version will be available as
soon as Internet Explorer for Windows NT is released.
Microsoft Virtual Explorer features:
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* Seamless integeation with Internet Explorer 2.0
* Uses IExplore's powerful history, favorites
and caching features.
* Background download of textures and inlines
* Fully supports of relative URLS for hyperlinks,
inlines and textures
* Allows VRML worlds to be embedded in-pane with HTML
documents.
* Support for VRML 1.0 plus common extensions
* Texture mapping (gif, jpg and bmp formats)
* Collision Detection
* DirectInput multi-axis joystick support
* The ability to embed a VRML worl
* Uses Microsoft's RsalityLab 3D rendering engine
for high performance. Allows viewing of RsalityLab's
XOF and XAF formats, including XAF animations.
Known Issues and Bugs
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* AsciiText node is not yet supported.
* The "Straighten" button may not bring you to a
completely upright position under all circumstances.
* Models with pre-lit, per-vertex color (i.e. the
"LightScape" models available from SGI and the SDSC)
or other OpenInventor extensions will not load.
* PER_PART_INDEXED materials for cylinders and cones are
not yet supported.
* Orthographic Cameras are not yet supported
* ShapeHints (vertexOrdering, shapeType, faceType and
creaseAngle) are not yet supported.
* We're still shaking bugs out of our support for the WRAP enums in
Texture2 nodes.
* Inline textures are not yet supported
Thanks,
Jon Marbry