The main bulk
of the contents of this section of the Web-site will provide VRML-JAVA
applications developed by the Joint Research Centre (JRC ISIS) of the European
Commission located in Italy at Ispra. ISIS is the European Union centre
of expertise in the application of emerging technologies for the protection
of the individual citizen and of society as a whole.
Java interfaces
with VRML. This is one of the revolutionary innovations in telematics that
is just coming. It should be interesting for a wide circle of the
CIS participants involved in science and environmental protection.
In addition
a survey of emerging 3D internet technologies will be present which will
focus in particular on Java3D, MPEG-4, Chromeffects and MetaStream.