Remembering VRML: The Metaverse of 1995
In the early 1990s, futurists and corporations combined forces to create VRML, a Virtual Reality Modeling Language that promised to bring 3D graphics and virtual worlds to the web, heralding the dawn of the metaverse. Here’s what it was—and why it didn’t work out.
By Benj Edwards Published Jan 12, 2022, 2:00 AM EST Benj Edwards is a former Editor for How-To Geek. For over 15 years, he has written about technology and tech history for sites such as The Atlantic , Fast Company , PCMag , PCWorld , Macworld , Ars Technica , and Wired . As a collector of vintage computers and video games for over 25 years, he brings a deep sense of history to his writings and uses that to inform his works on the past, present, and future of tech. During his time as a journalist, Edwards has broken stories about the importance of software preservation, early video game histor
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