Chapter 40. How Virtual Reality Is Created by VRML

How Virtual Reality Is Created by VRML

Imagine the Internet as a place where you could walk through three-dimensional worlds, pick up objects, examine them, and go to other Internet locations by flying or walking through doors. Picture home pages that are more than flat, two-dimensional surfaces that you can only read. What if you could be inside them, just like you can walk through a city or a building?

That’s the promise of virtual reality (VR) on the Internet. In fact, it’s more than just a promise—VR is already here. You’ll find many virtual worlds you can explore on the Internet. You can walk through a giant computer, ...

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