We saw the same thing at the beginning of any technology that moves from hard to easy. (fonts in the mid-80's, the <blink> tag, flash intros)
I loved VRML (and things like VR Basic before it). My best work in VRML was a 3d tournament chart for wrestling tournaments and a VR game about classification of underwater invertebrates. We are surely going to see a lot of bad usage, but from that will emerge a few gems. I do hope that: a) we don't lose the command prompt. I think Apple finally learned this lesson. b) we can TURN IT OFF. File and folder management, peripherals and networking are areas that can REALLY use some new conceptual models for users. As a good example of 3d being used well, did anyone see the Google 60 Minutes story on Sunday? They had a 3d map of earth showing usage and languages for their user pop. Awesome! We need to get Tufte to write a good book on 3d infographics. Jerry Johnson Web Developer Dolan Media Company >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 01/05/05 12:23PM >>> I was actually pretty heavily in VRML years ago - this isn't all that much different (but much more capable). ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Find out how CFTicket can increase your company's customer support efficiency by 100% http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=49 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:141581 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
