Where to Get VRML Stuff
vrml plug-ins
how to see vrml For Netscape 3+, choose CosmoPlayer.
For Internet Explorer, use CosmoPlayer, or check out:
   microsoft’s vrml site
For Macs, try Intervista’s Worldview or check out:
   special pre-release of Cosmo Player for the Macintosh
Cosmo Player Comes to the Macintosh! From Cosmo Software: "No topic has spawned more e-mail to me over recent months than the absence of a high-quality VRML browser for the Macintosh. Every week I got more mail, some of it hopeful, some of it frustrated, but ultimately all of it fanatical in support of the Macintosh as a first-class Internet citizen."   ...for more http://www.cosmosoftware.com/aboutus/opinion/macplayer.html
   When I tried to download from the web I got a Checksum Error in the hqx file. I ended up going to their ftp site.
general info The following is a partial survey of vrml tools.
For a complete listing of all things vrml please see:
   The VRML Repository
   An excellent resource.
 

How to Make VRML
tools per platform
 

All the tools to make complex vrml 2.0 worlds are now available. It’s no longer a case where your only option is to hand edit!
sgi If you buy an O2, that sometimes comes with CosmoWorlds. Well, that's the best there is. Also the most expensive. You will need a more general purpose modeller like SoftImage, Alias....
pc Windows95 and NT

vrml editors:
V-Realm Builder by Ligos Technology. A great VRML 2.0 tool for PC. 
Has a graphical display of the scene heirachy - which means you can create and edit small, efficient models.

modellers:
You will also need a 3D modeller to make more complex shapes. The modeller with the best vrml exporter is 3D Studio Max by Kinetix, which exports vrml primitives, all kinds of interpolators (animation), as well as an optimize function for polygon reduction. 3D Studio Max is expensive and has a steep learning curve, and should only be bought by those willing to spend 6 months learning it. Most other 3d modellers can be used and imported into vrml using a translator. 3D modellers tend to produce large vrml files with long download times.

text editors:
A good text editor is SitePad produced by ModelWorks Software. Very useful if you are to add scripts and such.

mac Waiting to hear if there is anything to create Vrml 2.0 for the Mac. There may be one tool available in February 1998. Please e-mail me if you find a way to do 2.0 on a mac..... otherwise I continue to think using a PC or O2 are the only options.
 

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