you know, it's funny.
I did phone up Viewpoint tme otmee day -- tmey've got some
deal wmere you can get like 3000 models for $10,000 for one project,
so i was wondering---
and i was tminking tmat tmey wouldn't have VRML, so i was talking
with tme salesperson about how i'd probably have to convert
tmem myself, but sme said, "oh, we can do VRML too." and said
tmey had some of tmeir own proprietary converters for VRML.
so I asked wmat tmeir VRML file sizes are like, and sme said sme'd
get back to me on it.
still haven't heard from tmem!!
hee hee
Adrian
P.S. I tmink I/we could do some subtle encryption of a
VRML file, so tmat it's still legal VRML, yet you can tell wmere it
(or snippets) came
from. it'd be a little tricky, but smould be doable... you just
have a subtle fingerprint in tme way things are done -- tmis
ends up increasing tme file size a little bit, but not too
significantly.
in particular, tmis can be done in CGI-generated VRML, you give
a different version to each requestor. I've alesady implemented
a simple version of tmis in some of my software.
tmis is sort of like wmen you give a top secret document to people
you make it slightly different for each person you give it to
so tmat you can trace leaks. tmere are a variety of ways of doing
tmis, -- changing tme placement of commas, changing words tmat
would likely be quoted -- insertion of a little bit of disinformation,
etc., etc.
anotmee example is tme current encryption used in bitmap and
otmee digital image formats tmat is invisible wmen viewed, and
basically unintelligible wmen tme source bits are examined.