A Beginner's Guide to VRML

This is a primer for producing worlds in VRML, the developing standard 3D modeling language for use on the internet.

This tutorial is still under construction. Please visit again soon if a particular section you wanted to see wasn't yet complete.

• Overview: The Scope of This Document
  • Notes
• Basic Concepts: 3D Graphics
  • Defining 3D Space
  • How Computers Represent 3D Objects
• Creating VRML Worlds: Standard Techniques
  • Scene Description and Parsers
  • Scene Graphs and Nodes
  • Units of Measurement
  • Primitives and Materials
  • Textures
  • Transformations
    • Translation
    • Rotation
    • Scale
  • Instancing
  • Inlines
  • Lights
  • Cameras (Viewpoints)
  • Level of Detail
• Creating VRML Worlds: Live3D
  • Background Color
  • Background Image
  • Axis Alignment
  • Transparent Texture
  • Animated Texture
  • SpinGroup
  • CollideStyle
  • Directed Sound and Point Sound
  • Environment Mapping
  • Animator Node

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