Textures

Texture node:

ImageTexture {
  url [ "face.jpg" ]
}

Using textures:

#VRML V2.0 utf8

Shape {
  appearance Appearance {
    texture ImageTexture { url [ "face.jpg" ] }
  }
  geometry Cylinder { radius .5  height 1 }
}

Background { skyColor 1 1 1 }
NavigationInfo { type "EXAMINE" }
Viewpoint { position 0 0 2.5 }

File Flavors:

• jpg: 24bit, not transparency, lossy compression, very small
• gif: 8bit, one transparent color, non lossy compression
• png: 24bit, 8-bit transparency, less support, nonlossy compression

Examples:

• Components Example
• Faux Fog example (from SGI's SIGGRAPH VRML Course)
• Prerendered Lighting Example
• Texture Coords Bus Example (from SGI's SIGGRAPH VRML Course)
• Simple Texture Coords Example
• Billboard Texture Example (from SGI's SIGGRAPH '97 VRML Course)