Look Ma! four hands! new models for interacting with 3D environments

The most important shift over the last few years is that the World Wide Web has changed the basis on which ideas can be disseminated and communicated. The presence of the Web means that code now can be practically developed that will run everywhere. In terms of 3D interaction, VRML 2.0 provides mechanisms for rudimentary interaction, and Java 3D increases the common base of what’s possible. Thus, instead of interface paradigm development being localized to particular laboratories, technologies can easily be distributed unilaterally, and in a networked fashion.