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FreeWRL
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| genre                  = [[VRML]]/[[X3D]] [[Web browser|browser]]
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'''FreeWRL''' is an [[open source]] compliant [[VRML]]/[[X3D]] [[Web browser|browser]] for [[Linux]] and [[Mac OS X]].

It was originally developed by Tuomas Lukka circa 1998. An article on VRML by Mr. Lukka is [http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3085 found on the Linux Journal website]. ⏎
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Also during 1998, a [http://www.canarie.ca Canarie] funded a project titled "Distributed Interactive Virtual Environment (DIVE) over CA*net II", with three partners, the universities of 
[http://www.uottawa.ca Ottawa] and [http://www.uwo.ca Western Ontario], and 
[http://www.crc.ca CRC Canada]. FreeWRL was used by CRC in this project, as it ran on their platform of choice, Linux, and supported VRML additions (the EAI protocol) that allowed control of a VRML scene from outside entities. 

(contracted; show full)and is expected to continue, with focus on interactivity, usability, and rendering fidelity. As with most Open Source projects, help with code development and testing is
always welcome.

==See also==
* [[Xj3D]]

== External links ==
* [http://freewrl.sourceforge.net/ Official website]
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* [http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/3085 An article on VRML] by FreeWRL developper Tuomas Lukka in the 1999 Linux Journal. 

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