[WEB4LIB] 3D (VRML) Interface to IRCAM's Multimedia Library Catalog

[Jerry Kuntz]

After falling over the balcony and landing on my face two times and on my
back three times, I gave up and started looking for the virtual fire exit.
Jerry Kuntz
Ramapo Catskill Library System
jkuntz at rcls.org
-----Original Message-----
From: elist-web4lib at ircam.fr <elist-web4lib at ircam.fr>
To: Multiple recipients of list <web4lib at webjunction.org>
Date: Tuesday, January 12, 1999 6:45 AM
Subject: [WEB4LIB] 3D (VRML) Interface to IRCAM's Multimedia Library Catalog


>        http://mediatheque.ircam.fr/infos/vrml/index-e.html
>
>The public space of our Multimedia Library has been completely modelled
>in 3D (using VRML 2.0), showing all the stacks, cabinets, terminals, etc.
>
>With the help of a browser and an adequate freely-available plugin (see
>below), one can "stroll" through the reading hall, and find the contents
>of the shelves and cabinets by clicking on them: each one is linked to
>the appropriate part of the online catalog. This in turn will show the
>documents that are stored in that part of the room, and provide access
>to the individual bibliographical records (and related databases).
>
>What is needed:
>
>- a recent browser: this has been tested with Microsoft's Internet Explorer
>  (version >= 4) and Netscape (>= 4) on a PC (it may also work on
Macintoshes,
>  SGI and other platforms, depending on the plugin).
>- a plugin for VRML (the above URL provides a link to the Cosmo plugin).
>- a relatively powerful machine: all computations are done on the client's
>  platform, so if it's slow, it's not the fault of the Internet, this time.
>
>Happy virtual visit,
>
>Michael Fingerhut
>Director, Multimedia Library
>IRCAM - Centre Georges-Pompidou
>Paris (France)
>