My efforts in VRML

In order to learn VRML, rather than just read about it, I set myself the task of building an Ancient Greek temple. This seemed to require a reasonable range of VRML nodes. As a starting point, I looked in "World Architecture" and selected the Temple of Aphaia - Ægina as my subject. My first source proved inadequate and I found myself researching encyclopædias and borrowed books to get sufficient detail of dimensions, roof structure, building materials and necessary information.

The compexity of the chosen subject meant that some graphics design was necessary before coding and I have attempted to create pseudo-architectural drawings of the structure before converting to VRML geometrical nodes. For this I had to learn/relearn AutoSketch, which have I used in the past for creating drawings for my lecture notes.

The temple 'world' is far from being finished but, since one of my friends said she would like to see the work in progress, I put up an intermediate version . I have also included some of the information and pictures on which it is based. [I am afraid that this project did not got beyond the 'intermediate version' stage. LCH 9/7/08]

Some years ago now (1999) I produced a virtual birthday present for a friend, which may also be of some general interest, and an animated Christmas Card . These are my first attempts at animation in VRML.

Later (July 2000) I produced another VRML construction. {Although the technical term is 'world' or perhaps 'model', it does not seem appropriate here.) This was 'The Lorenz Strange Attractor' , the three-dimensional solution of a set of mathematical differential equations. This may seem rather 'off-beat' but it was quite attractive. Unfortunately it no longer works and I don't have the energy or enthusiasm to look into it now.

The last work during that period of activity was a Christmas card for 2000. This involves the animation (dynamic articulation, as distinct from just moving static figures around) of one of my Morris men.