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Hooking up 3-space: Three-dimensional models as fully-fledged hypermedia documents

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Multimedia, Hypermedia, and Virtual Reality Models, Systems, and Applications (MHVR 1996)

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This paper examines the incorporation of three-dimensional models into hypermedia systems as fully-fledged documents. Their use provides hypermedia authors with an additional, powerful means of presentation. Display, linking, navigational, and authoring aspects of 3D hypermedia documents are discussed, as well as VRML, the emerging standard for describing 3D scenes on the Internet. The concepts are illustrated with examples taken from VRweb, the VRML viewer for multiple Web systems (WWW, Gopher, Hyper-G) and multiple platforms (Unix, Windows, Macintosh), which evolved from the Harmony 3D viewer for Hyper-G.

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  1. Institute for Information Processing and Computer Supported New Media (IICM), Graz University of Technology, A-8010, Graz, Austria

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Andrews, K., Pichler, M. (1996). Hooking up 3-space: Three-dimensional models as fully-fledged hypermedia documents. In: Brusilovsky, P., Kommers, P., Streitz, N. (eds) Multimedia, Hypermedia, and Virtual Reality Models, Systems, and Applications. MHVR 1996. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1077. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-61282-3_4

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