id recomend you get this..

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expect to see it more and more on the web, if you dont have it yet get cult 3d viewer! its cool, rotate and move objects in the browser, example here..

http://www9.cnn.com/TECH/specials/shuttle.100/shuttle.3d/

theres also 2 links at the bottom of the demo for the cult 3d site and the plugin

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so how is this beter than vrml?

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theres others too, but cult3d seems to be getting more popular, sony are using it, so are CNN a lot (they used it in the WTC coverage) the main use at the moment seems to be for products though.