Hi,
On the subject of large VRML files, is there a list which shows which of the popular VRML viewers support gzipped VRML files?
It's part of the VRML2 specification, so any VRML2 viewer must be able to read gzipped worlds. For other purposes I've been trying out a range of viewers and they all worked fine with gzipped files. They were:
Microsoft's version of WorldView WorldView Blaxuun Contact Cosmo Cordona
That's useful to know, since this list seems to contain most of the biggees.
Because VRML2 is plain text, the compression in going to gzipped is huge, so it should be a matter of habit for anything other than the smallest of worlds.
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