Cortona VRML Client
Current Version: 1.1 (January 23, 2002)
Cortona is a new (first non-beta release: 2/2002) VRML client for the Mac that has full VRML 97 support (with the exception of EAI). It works as a plugin for Netscape or Internet Explorer, and even the early betas installed and worked incredibly well. Cortona for Mac offers:
- Navigation paradigms (such as walking or flying) that enable the user to move the viewer through a virtual world;
- A mechanism allowing the user to interact with a virtual world through a sensor in the scene;
- A hardware renderer based on OpenGL.
Cortona also includes support for ParallelGraphics' proprietary VRML extensions: NURBS, Spline, Keyboard Sensor, DropSensor and Text3D. It's been a very long time since a new VRML client for the Mac has been introduced, and this one's a genuine winner (it's so good that it was the first VRML client to whom I awarded an "Essential" badge). If you've never enjoyed VRML on your Mac, then download Cortona as soon as you can for an exhilarating experience.
User Reviews
"I have tried this VRML a little and it seems to work quite well in Netscape and iCab. Does not need a lot of memory to work. And it appears to actively developed."
—Jørgen Nørgaard
the Power Mac version.
Version 1.0.1 beta for Mac OS X is now available (8/28/2002). This is a free plug-in for Internet Explorer (5.1.1 or later), iCab, Mozilla, OmniWeb and Opera browsers.
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Related Links
The MacWeb3D web site is an invaluable resource for all things relating to 3D/VRML worlds on the Macintosh. Member Stephen Guynup was instrumental in obtaining much of the VRML-related information on the Orchard.
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