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Welcome. This is a recreation of the Castle Beaumaris, in Wales. To view this Castle you need to have a VRML plugin for your web browser. We recommend:
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This can take several minutes to download please be patient and wait.
Let me view the Castle | Netscape Cosmo Section | Internet Explorer WIRL section
Netscape Navigator - Cosmo Player
| If you are using the Cosmo player for Netscape, you will need to make sure that you push on the gravity button to turn on gravity. |  |
| Also you must turn on collision
detection by clicking the right mouse button on gravity
and click on collision detection. You must do these steps to view the Castle properly. |
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| One last thing to go through the Castle gate you have to click on this gold door. Now you are ready to view the Castle |  |
This can take several minutes to download please be patient and wait.
Cosmo Player readme file | To view the Castle click here.
Keyboard Shortcuts for the Cosmo Player
| CTRL: Look |
ALT: Slide |
SHIFT: Point, "turbo boost" |
"-" ON THE KEYBOARD: Move speed down one notch on the Speed menu |
| PgUp: Previous viewpoint |
PgDn: Next viewpoint |
Home: View - return to current viewpoint |
"+" on the keyboard: Move speed up one notch on the Speed menu |
| End: Straighten |
Internet Explorer - Vream WIRL
| If you are using the Vream WIRL player for Internet Explorer, you will need to make sure that you turn on gravity. To do this, click the right mouse button on the Castle and choose "World Attributes." Next click on "Gravity." This will bring up a dialogue box were you can check in Gravity. Check it in and click ok. |  |
Vream WIRL readme file | Enough Let me view the Castle
The Zoom Buttons
The Zoom Buttons (patent pending), located on the WIRL Control Panel, provide a simple and efficient way to both maneuver in 3D space and manipulate objects in 3D space using a standard mouse.
In Viewer Navigation mode, the zoom buttons are used to move the viewer through the virtual world. In Object Manipulation mode, the zoom buttons are used to move selected objects within the virtual world.
Each zoom button provides you with two ways to move (i.e. two degrees of freedom). A zoom button is active once you click and hold down the Left Mouse Button, which can be done whenever the cursor is above a zoom button. For example, clicking and holding down the Left Mouse Button while the cursor is above the leftmost zoom button results in that button expanding to look like this:
Once this button is expanded, the zoom button is active until you stop pressing the Left Mouse Button down. While the button is active, you can drag the mouse up and down to experience one way to move, and drag the mouse left and right to experience another way to move. For example, in the case of the leftmost zoom button, dragging the mouse up and down will move the viewer or object forwards and backwards respectively. Dragging the mouse left and right will yaw the viewer or object left and right respectively. As you drag further away from where you first clicked, the speed of movement will increase.
We encourage you to experiment with the zoom buttons. They are an intuitive way to experience virtual worlds. In addition to using the zoom buttons, you can always use the direct mouse controls discussed above as an alternative.
Troubles with the zoom buttons? Remember that in order for the zoom buttons to be active in Object Manipulation mode, you must have selected an object. Also, be aware that the author of a virtual world can prevent the viewer from moving or can designate an object as not being moveable; in this case, you will not be able to use the zoom buttons.
((((Special Note))))
The Vream WIRL browser sometimes has an internal error when you
are viewing the castle. Vream is going to fix this in their next
verson later in 1997.
This can take several minutes to download please be patient and
wait.
To enter the Castle, Vream version, click on the Image:
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