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

[Roy Tennant]

And the point of producing a virtual reproduction of your building
is...what? (leaving aside the issues for now of requiring your patrons to
download a large plugin, go through an installation procedure and then
crash their computer...that's an added benefit). 
Roy

On Tue, 12 Jan 1999, Jerry Kuntz wrote:

> 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)
> >
> 
>