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VRML and Cosmo Player

« on: September 10, 2023 @117.63 »

Dunno how relevant VRML is here but imma still put this here

I was browsing the web one day, looking up stuff about VRML, when i came across this index directory here
http://ftp.carnet.hr/misc/VRML/
It really caught my eye, because its full of interesting and old, and possibly not-well-archived software from the 90s. In fact the whole http://ftp.carnet.hr/misc index is full of interesting information and software, the whole directory should really be archived.
Among all the software here was an install for Cosmo Player, which was the recommended software for VRML usage by SGI.
So theres the link to install this software, if you have an old Windows machine and want to install some VRML software, go ahead :)
Heres a cosmo player button I found too

I'd like to discuss more about VRML, it's relatively obscure, being one of those "big things" from magazines that never really became that big and people forgot about. Do yall think VRML should make a comeback in the modern web, or not?


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Re: VRML and Cosmo Player

« Reply #1 on: September 10, 2023 @494.29 »

Im always glad to see people discussing VRML; there is SO MUCH old VRML to explore and Iv hardly even touched on it; we definitely need to do more VRML exploring!

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Dunno how relevant VRML is here but imma still put this here

People forget this forum was originally created to discuss online 3D worlds

If you are interested; VRML is not gone; it evolved into X3DOM (which is like HTML, but 3D) - its still very obscure and there are very few simple tutorials out there, but I have one on my site.

I would definitely like to see people making more web revival VRML worlds


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Re: VRML and Cosmo Player

« Reply #2 on: September 10, 2023 @581.92 »

Quote from: Melooon on September 10, 2023 @494.29

I would definitely like to see people making more web revival VRML worlds

I actually found an archive of VRML worlds from years gone by. It's on the Internet Archive @ https://archive.org/details/VRMLCompilation
Happy browsing :3
I do wanna add some 3d elements to my website. Could I convert my Valve Hammer maps to x3d or vrml maps? I have converted vrml maps to source, so i wonder if you can do the same in reverse

some more websites related to vrml

https://web.archive.org/web/19970524213718/http://www.radiance.com/
https://web.archive.org/web/19980113075629/http://vrml.sgi.com/intro.html
https://web.archive.org/web/19970428084005/http://sdsc.edu/vrml/


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Re: VRML and Cosmo Player

« Reply #3 on: September 10, 2023 @751.44 »

Thank you! I will explore these!

Quote from: DiffydaDude on September 10, 2023 @581.92

Could I convert my Valve Hammer maps to x3d or vrml maps?

I bet you totally can! If you can import them into Blender, then you can choose X3D from the export list and export them; then you just use this code to put them on a webpage

(Replace MY-X3D-FILE.x3d with the x3d file you exported from Blender - This will make the 3D world take up the full window, I like to put these in iframes to fit them into pages!)

Code

<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang="en">
    <head>
        <meta charset="utf-8" />
        <title>3D World</title>
        <script type='text/javascript' src='http://www.x3dom.org/download/x3dom.js'> </script> 
        <link rel='stylesheet' type='text/css' href='http://www.x3dom.org/download/x3dom.css'></link> 
        <style>
            html,
            body,
            #plot,
            #plot x3d {
                width: 100%;
                height: 100%;
                position: absolute;
                border: 0px;
                margin: 0px;
            }
        </style>
    </head>
    <body>
        <div id="plot">
            <x3d PrimitiveQuality="Medium" disableDoubleClick="true">
                <scene><inline url="MY-X3D-FILE.x3d" nameSpaceName="plot" /></scene>
            </x3d>
        </div>
    </body>
</html>


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Re: VRML and Cosmo Player

« Reply #4 on: September 13, 2023 @56.97 »

I’ve started to get into this, and found a pretty good tool, though for some reason the flatpak doesn’t seem to work for me.

I’ve been looking into making a 3D hub for my website when I overhaul it, and was thinking of making an X3D version of it.