IDS's V-Realm Multi-user Browser
Integrated Data Systems of Savannah, Georgia has built a powerful
set of VRML 2.0 authoring and server tools that includes integrated
voice streaming. I have been following them for 3 years so was
interested in seeing their multi-user browser.
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Download the Browser and other demo tools from IDS's Web site at: http://www.ids-net.com.
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The Interface
Figure 14.4.1: vr1a.jpg
V-Realm
Browser showing a view of the entry plaza
This figure shows the multi-user browser looking into the entry
plaza. The browser navigation controls are clear and well designed,
almost if they were borrowed from flight simulators. Navigation
with the mouse is tricky and the cursor keys were not supported
when I tried V-Realm. To get into the multi-user mode, select
Start Multiuser on the Multiuser menu. Text and voice chat are
supported.
The World, the Community
This is a brand new world. All the times I visited there have
been no other avatars present so I can't say anything about its
community. IDS tools such as V-Realm Builder were used to build
one of the first adventure games in VRML called The Cave of Madness,
which can be entered with Netscape Navigator 3.01 and a VRML 2.0
plugin from the Web page: http://www.ids-net.com/ids/caves/launch.html.