This technology is briefly demonstrated in class, and also as part of the VR demonstrations for that field trip. 5 copies will be installed in machines in the Derring 2069 lab.
See the Virtus home page and information about a book incorporating it entitled VRML Browsing and Building Cyberspace by Mark Pesce, ISBN: 1-56205-468-8, published by New Riders. See an excerpt from Chapter 3 about How VRML Works
Another book about Virtus is published by Hayden, the Virtus VRML Toolkit; two copies are being ordered for Spring 1996 in the bookstore for groups interested.
One of the campus experts on this package is Dennis Neale, dneale@vt.edu, 951-7739, but students should be able to figure this out on their own.