Whats a VRML world?
VRML “worlds” got their name from an original goal of VRML: shared virtual worlds on the Internet. VRML worlds can be single files or groups of files that load at the same time. They can range from simple objects to very complex scenes, but never include the entire geometry and all the features of the earth, so there’s some hope of downloading them in your lifetime. • What is the format of a VRML file? A VRML file is, until a compressed binary format is approved, a plain UTF-8 or ASCII (a subset of the UTF-8 character set) text file. A VRML file may be compressed using gzip, a freely available utility, and may be created, viewed, and edited in any plain text editor. • What is the MIME type of a VRML file? The MIME type of a VRML file is “model/vrml”, although some servers may deliver it as the older MIME type “x-world/x-vrml”. The spec requires VRML browsers to support both MIME types. If you administer a web server, you should use the official type, not the older “x-” type. • What fil
