Software, Interaction & Multimedia Departamento de Informática Universidade do Minho Portugal

Introduction to the Tutorial

VRML File Structure

Drawing: Shape node

Geometry Nodes:

Box

Sphere

Cone

Cylinder

Geometry Nodes: Advanced Geometries

PointSet

IndexedLineSet

IndexedFaceSet

Extrusion

ElevationGrid

Example: Making a Chessboard with an ElevationGrid

Geometry Nodes: Text

FontStyle

Color and Textures: Appearance

Material

Textures

Image Texture

Movie Texture

Pixel Texture

Texture Coordinate

Texture Transform

Let there be Light

Directional Light

Point Light

Spot Light

Combining Materials with Colored Lights

Creating Hierarchical Node Structures

Group

Transform

Collision

Anchor

Billboard

Switch

Inlining Files

Defining and Instancing Nodes

Defining Levels of Detail

Events in VRML

Creating Paths between events: ROUTE

Generating Events based on Timers or User Actions

Timers

Touch Sensor

Visibility Sensor

Dragging Sensors

Plane Sensor

Sphere Sensor

Cylinder Sensor

Proximity Sensors

Example: Using a Proximity sensor to track the user's position

Animations using Interpolators

ColorInterpolator

CoordinateInterpolator

NormalInterpolator

OrientationInterpolator

PositionInterpolator

ScalarInterpolator

Example using several interpolators & Sensors

Let the Music Play

Sound

AudioClip

Bindable Nodes

Who Am I: NavigationInfo

Where Am I: ViewPoint

Adding Realism to the world

Background

Fog

Providing Information about your world

• WorldInfo

Definition for Auxiliary Nodes

Coordinate

Color

Normal