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Can you say Vermel? VRML? That's Virtual Reality Markup Language. SGI was the champion of VRML, with Sony a somewhat distant second. It was really cool. Im

Can you say Vermel? VRML? That's Virtual Reality Markup Language. SGI was the champion of VRML, with Sony a somewhat distant second. It was really cool. Imagine 3D multi-media environments in a web browser. You could download 3D clip art for free. :D While SGI optimized VRML for the O2, it worked acceptably on a cough Windows machine. For a while, each week SGI produced 2 VRML animations with "Floops". I was into VRML. It was great. We even had a couple SGI reps visit our company, demonstrating VRML and the O2. Then one day they dropped support of VRML. That was the day I walked.

STRML 12y ago
Remember 3DML/Flatland Rover? I used to play with it constantly as a kid - it was a much simpler, block-based version of VRML. Similar in some ways to Minecraft, even, but more programming-oriented. WebGL being where it is today, I bet something like 3DML could come back in a big way.
agumonkey 12y ago
Hehe it's weird and sad that this was too much too early. Computers, OS and browsers couldn't do much with VRML at the time, even though it's almost a fully reactive, js scriptable, 3D DOM. Also the web wasn't as mainstream, so VRML was in the fog (I only got to use it in college and because I was a CGI fan)