Quite true. Most of the vrml models I had seen were intended for real-time rendering over the web and thus, of necessity were low resolution. I've used it occasionally with a little modeler, Simply 3d, which imports obj format and actually has better mapping facilities than Poser 4. The only common output formats are vrml and maybe dxf which wasn't good for textures so I used vrml and converted. There's a new format that some of the high-end 3D companies are trying to push as a standard - don't remember the name of it. Obj and 3DS do seem to be the most prevalent and supported, followed perhaps by lwo. For the CAD folks of course, dxf or some variant probably rules. A few companies like Viewpoint have their own web 3d solutions and I haven't heard a lot about vrml lately.

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