Vrml Clearly Explained (Clearly Explained Series)

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Summary: Not for programmers.
Review: A lot of money for a book on the back ground of VRML and 3D in general. Doesn't really cover programming in VRML, not even the basics. Only chapter I could find was on VRMLSCRIPT which looks okay but I use JavaScript. Most of the referances are outdated or not available anymore and the CDROM has very little content, mostly URL links to deleted sites. The only programming chapter uses a 3rd party front end language tool which can export to VRML, alas this isn't on the CDROM and is no longer available at the URL. About 60-80% of the book is about what you can use VRML and 3D on the web for, I have an imagination so I can figure most of that out. I guess it's back to the dozen or so downloaded refs that I already have, I really wanted a book I could site down with and get a better understanding of some of the concepts and programming techniques in VRML, this isn't it. (If I had been able to find it in a bookstore to look at first it would have been left there.)

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Summary: Very informative and easy to understand.
Review: I have read parts of this book and from not knowing what VRML is all about, I now have a clear idea of what its uses will be and how it will help companies market their products on the internet. A very good read.

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Summary: Not a very useful book
Review: This book 'talks' about VRML. However, it has very limited scope with regard to "real world" applications and it contains almost no code examples. Almost completely useless for programmers.