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"There will be a change in going from VRML v1.0 to v1.1 but I strongly suspect that adding behavior [to VRML v2.0] will be just that: *adding* behavior-related nodes. There shouldn't be any need to change either the syntax or semantics of the language in going from v1.1 to v2.0. If I remember correctly, the v1.1 spec would have:
-- Bernie Roehl broehl@sunee.uwaterloo.ca
When proposals were requested for VRML v1.0 back in 1994, Autodesk had proposed their CDF file format based on their Cyberspace Development Kit. However, that proposal was rejected in favor of Silicon Graphics' OpenInventor format.
Brian Blau - formerly of Autodesk - developed some the 3D Studio VRML-translator IPAS. He's since left to work with Intervista, which produces the WorldView VRML browser. TESS Times last fall reported that Autodesk attended a meeting with other software companies to develop VRML v2. However, "I don't think there's any ongoing VRML work at Autodesk now," according to one individual involved with the VRML movement.
Since then, we have heard that the 3D Studio team has updated their VRML plug-in but that the AutoCAD people are doing nothing.
"Absolutely. There is an adage that 'Every action of Government has the opposite effect to that intended.' I believe this applies to large organisations, too.
"This is why I don't agree with some of the Autodesk conspiracy theories that do the rounds. I believe the people making these decisions honestly think they are doing the right thing, however self-evidently counterproductive the decisions may seem to an outside observer."
-- Steve Johnson 100251.2544@compuserve.com
"The comparison between Trispectives and Solid Designer render speed is more appropriate than the writer [Geoffrey Harrod
"They also obviously didn't 'come out of nowhere'".
Maximized Software released "LogoMax" for replacing the big "N" and comets on Netscape's Navigator Web browser with a multimedia image of their own choosing.
Just when CompuAdd begins the push into high-end markets (like CAD), PC Week reports that "CompuAdd Computer, once one of the largest PC makers in the world, is going out of business after 14 years."
Nearly one-fifth of Web surfers turn off their browsers graphics capability or do it with non-graphical browsers, acccording to a study by Jumbo Internet World Wide Web site. I am one of those 20%. I turn off Netscape's 'Options | AutoLoad Images' to help speed up surfing. To view a graphic, I simply click on the image's border. However, this is a problem for Web advertisers, many of whom who use a graphic as their ad on the Internet.
Fifth International World Wide Web Conference is May 6-11, 1996, in Paris, France. Organized by INRIA in cooperation with ERCIM and the WWW Consortium. www5conf.inria.fr European site and www.w3.org/pub/Conferences/WWW5 American site.
Corel has delayed the release of CorelCAD to second quarter 1996 -- now ten months late. Welcome to the world of CAD (g).
Latest rumor is that Sun will acquires Apple for a $4 billion stock swap valued at $33 a share.
"Right now, we're hiring additional staff, developing new technology, and getting ready to copy _____'s idea, strategy and execution. Oops, I meant to say that we're evaluating previously extant competitive actions."
Hyperlink to the previous issue of Upfront: Upfront #18 | Upfront #19 | Upfront #20 is the next issue of Upfront.
Intel has named its 64-bit P7 CPU and will delays shipment until late 1998.
For the Trivially-Challenged
In Redmond, Wash., Microsoft announced plans to release _____ some time in 1997. "This is a project we already had underway," said a spokeswoman for Microsoft chairman Bill Gates. "We just decided that the marketplace won't be ready for it until 1997. Or 1998, if we decide that's when we really want to do it. Or maybe later.
Humor: Create-Your-Own Microsoft-Style Press Release
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