Why VRML for 3D?

  • Open, mature standard

    • Open Inventor - VRML 1.0
    • Moving Worlds - VRML 2.0
    • VRML Consortium

  • Descriptions, not pixels

    • Quicktime - 1.2 MB
    • VRML 2.0 - 200 KB

  • Execuable content - exploit the bandwith gap