Server

• userfile.pl - CGI program
  • Is passed values from a form which the
    server uses to create each user's representation of
    the world.
  • All players see the same world, but each has been
    created "on the fly". Custom configured for each player,
    each user world encodes the user's representation into the world.
• tracker.pl - CGI Program
  • Is passed position and avatar information via a URL.
  • Creates a custom avatar with position interpolation.
• claypos.wrl - -Output from CGI Program
  Created by tracker, it is the user's representation that is downloaded
  by the other player.

Client

• clayworld.wrl -
  The user's representation of the world is composed of two parts:
  • Nodes
    • The world is made of a number of "Towns".
    • Each town contains an achor that describes the user avatar and
      allows the server to track user position.

      url "http://localhost/cgi-bin/advancedVRML2/tracker.pl?clay+10+1+50+Blue_Town+1+0+0+.25+3+2.6+Box"

  • Players
    Each Player is a switched inline node that updates via an interpolator.

    jennypos.wrl -

    frankpos.wrl -