Hello,
I once created a simulation of streamlines passing over an aerofoil using VRML and the EAI. That work has long since passed into the realm of dead links from my undergraduate degree.
I think VRML suffered from a great deal of enthusiasm but a lack of good authoring tools. Certainly, I think you could achieve most things more simply using the EAI than you could using VRML's internal event mechanism (which, only in IMHO, was *really* difficult to use!).
I haven't tracked the progress of VRML for a long time now. When I was last paying attention, they were making the move to an XML encoding (x3d) for VRML, which I thought was a very good idea. There used to be a VRML mailing list (www-vrml), which seems to still be around: http://www.web3d.org/cgi-bin/public_list_signup/lwgate/WWW-VRML/ That may still be the best place to ask questions (although obviously don't go in there asking: "Is this technology dead?", since that's a sure way to get flamed! :-).
Don't write it off completely though. Depending upon your specific application, VRML may be absolutely ideal. I think there has also been some good progress made in the Open Source area since I was last involved.
Jonathan Merritt.
I have seen little evidence of anyone using VRML in the real world for the last 3-4 years. It is one of those "neat idea, never quite went anywhere" kind of things, as far as I can tell.
I mean I'm sure it is being used by some people, but by and large it comes across as cumbersome, hard to use and subject to a dearth of good tools for creating and displaying scenes.
Although I'm not keen at all, these guys ( http://www.web3d.org/ ) seem pretty excited about it and I'm sure they spend more time thinking about it than I do.
-ben
-----Original Message----- From: Discussion list for Java 3D API [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Franck Calzada Sent: 28 May 2004 09:53 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [JAVA3D] java3d and EAI
Hi all,
Does anyone have experience with EAI / VRML and JAVA3D? If so, do you think it's a good technology? Is it gonna be enhanced? Is it the best way to get/set information from/to a vrml file?
Thanks for your comments, Franck
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