X3D Example Archives: VRML 2 Sourcebook, Chapter 10 Materials

Figure 10.09 Three Blinking Shapes

Appearance and Material nodes control a shape's shading color (diffuseColor), glow color (emissiveColor), transparency, shininess, and ambient intensity.

Appearance and Material nodes control a shape's shading color (diffuseColor), glow color (emissiveColor), transparency, shininess, and ambient intensity. Colors specify a mixture of red, green, and blue (RGB) light with component values between 0.0 (none) and 1.0 (lots). ColorInterpolator can animate color values, and ScalarInterpolator can animate transparency values.

These X3D scenes are adapted directly from the original VRML 2.0 Sourcebook chapter examples. Also available: Introduction to VRML97 SIGGRAPH98 course notes.

  8 X3D Models       X3D Model Descriptions
   Figure10_04BrightRedSphere Figure10_04BrightRedSphere Bright red sphere, showing use of Appearance and Material.
   Figure10_05MultiColoredSpaceStation Figure10_05MultiColoredSpaceStation A simple, multicolored space station. Also see Figure03_10SpaceStation.x3d, Figure10_06PulsatingSpaceStation.x3d, Figure10_10SemiTransparentSpaceStation.x3d and Figure10_11AnimatingTransparencySpaceStation.x3d
   Figure10_06PulsatingSpaceStation Figure10_06PulsatingSpaceStation A multicolored space station where color of the center sphere animates from red, to green, to blue, and back to red by utilizing ColorInterpolator outputs. Also see Figure03_10SpaceStation.x3d and Figure010.05MultiColoredSpaceStation.x3d
   Figure10_07LightBulb Figure10_07LightBulb A lightbulb that varies in brightness as the pointing device is held over the socket.
   Figure10_08BlinkingSphere Figure10_08BlinkingSphere A blinking sphere, controlled using a ColorInterpolator.
   Figure10_09ThreeBlinkingShapes Figure10_09ThreeBlinkingShapes Three blinking shapes, each controlled using independent ColorInterpolator nodes.
   Figure10_10SemiTransparentSpaceStation Figure10_10SemiTransparentSpaceStation A simple space station with a half-transparent central sphere. Also see Figure03_10SpaceStation.x3d, Figure10_05MultiColoredSpaceStation.x3d, Figure10_06PulsatingSpaceStation.x3d, Figure10_10SemiTransparentSpaceStation.x3d and Figure10_11AnimatingTransparencySpaceStation.x3d
   Figure10_11AnimatingTransparencySpaceStation Figure10_11AnimatingTransparencySpaceStation A simple space station with a central sphere whose transparency is animated using a ScalarInterpolator. Also see Figure03_10SpaceStation.x3d, Figure10_05MultiColoredSpaceStation.x3d, Figure10_06PulsatingSpaceStation.x3d and Figure10_10SemiTransparentSpaceStation.x3d

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