In order to open the applicable web page:
1. Go to www.asms.net
2. Click on Academics
3. Click on Faculty Pages
4. Click on Albert Lilly
5. Replace /index.html with /VRML

We will be using VRML (Virtual Reality Modeling Language)
that incorporates Javascript.  The plugin for the VRML
can be downloaded at http://ca.com/cosmo/
The plugin is already installed in the lab.


Create a folder for your work.

Download the following files by clicking with the right
mouse button and selecting Save target as:

Levitation2000.wrl
beep.wav
car1.wrl
car_tire.png
Levitation.wrl
SideViewOfFace2000.wrl
forest.gif
SeparatingCarsGraph.wrl

Double click on the files with a .wrl extension to see what
happens.  Hold down shift and push forward with the mouse
held down to bring object closer. Click on the button to the 
lower left to examine objects.

For the file, Levitation.wrl, click on the car to see what
happens.  A different random pattern is chosen every time
Refresh is clicked.  Repeat the process in the file 
Levitation2000.wrl by clicking on the figure.

Open the file Levitation.wrl in Wordpad:
1. Click once on the file Levitation.wrl
2. Hold down the shift key
3. Click with the right mouse button
4. Select Open with
5. Scroll down
6. Click Wordpad
7. Click OK

For the file, Levitation.wrl, change to the  line

      number_of_cars = 4; // must be at least two

to

      number_of_cars = 7; // must be at least two

Repeat the process in the file Levitation2000.wrl after 
opening it in Wordpad.

Try changing the initial values of other variables to
see what the effect is.

Modify the forest.gif file in MS Paint to see the effect in
the files Levitation.wrl and Levitation2000.wrl.

In the file car1.wrl, see if you can honk the horn (honking
the horn may not work correctly on some machines).

In the file SeparatingCarsGraph.wrl, see if the you can
get the cars to "run over you."