Luthoricas opened this issue on Nov 14, 2002 ยท 11 posts
Luthoricas posted Thu, 14 November 2002 at 2:07 PM
What is "VRML Format" ? And is it something Poser can generate output in ? ??
mikebruin posted Thu, 14 November 2002 at 2:39 PM
Virtual reality modeling language. A format to publish 'explorable' 3d web content. Very old and used so little on the net, it's not worth noticing.
Luthoricas posted Thu, 14 November 2002 at 4:39 PM
Has it mostly been abandoned? Or did something replace it ? (sorry, last question I'll ask about it so as not to get too far off forum topic)
lelionx posted Thu, 14 November 2002 at 5:22 PM
can VRML be converted to poser? if so,how?
mikebruin posted Thu, 14 November 2002 at 5:47 PM
I'd say it's been superceded by other formats, the names of which escape me. Metacreations sold Poser, Bryce and the rest to concentrate on their version of it, metastream. It was a feature of trueSpace3. I've surfed a few thousand websites and have never come across it in use so I figure it's history. I wouldn't think you'd be able to import it into poser, no. It seemed to me to be a low-res kind of solution and was dismissed in favour of higher resolution solutions for, say, 3D product displays on web sites. I'm not an authority on the subject, but I think that's pretty much the case. Anyone with the up and up on the newer solutions could give you a better idea of those.
krazik posted Thu, 14 November 2002 at 7:22 PM
If you are interested in 3d worlds, check out adobe atmosphere. Atmosphere is based on viewpoint and poser can make viewpoint objects/figures for atmosphere. Avatar Lab is design specically for this purpose.
Little_Dragon posted Thu, 14 November 2002 at 7:31 PM
Crossroads 3D can convert VRML to Poser-friendly OBJ format.
bikermouse posted Thu, 14 November 2002 at 9:03 PM
Crossroads converts 'VRML 1' only. Anyone know of anything that will convert 'VRML 2' to a usable format? I wasn't able to find anything that will do that. cheers, - TJ
Little_Dragon posted Thu, 14 November 2002 at 11:33 PM
PolyTrans and NuGraf can convert VRML 2, but they're a bit expensive.
3DWin and AccuTrans can supposedly convert VRML 2, also, but I haven't tried them.
EricofSD posted Thu, 14 November 2002 at 11:41 PM
Attached Link: http://www.xdsoft.com/explorer/
This program will import vrml 1 and 2 and convert and export to just about any format.
bikermouse posted Fri, 15 November 2002 at 6:47 AM
Thanks folks. See what I can do with them, - TJ