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Subject: 
05a. CONTACT NAVIGATION and USER INTERFACE
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TIME: Complete this section (IN COMBINATION WITH THE NEXT SECTION) 
      within 15 minutes
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Browsing the 3D Web is VERY DIFFERENT than browsing the traditional 2D
Web. Namely, you must learn how to deal with depth (the 3rd dimension).
If you are unfamiliar with navigating 3D content using blaxxun Contact
you should spend time learning the basics.

To perform this exercise you should have 2 browser windows open. One
browser window should be open to the Universal Media VRML demos
<http://www.web3dmedia.com/UniversalMedia/demos/> so that you can apply
the navigation skills you'll learn below. The other should be open to
the blaxxun home page <http://www.blaxxun.com/> so you can read the
following material.

NOTE: TO OPEN A NEW BROWSER WINDOW SELECT "NEW" FROM THE "FILE" MENU OF
YOUR CURRENTLY OPEN BROWSER WINDOW. YOU CAN SWITCH BETWEEN THE TWO OPEN
WINDOWS BY PRESSING THE ALT KEY AND TAB KEY AT THE SAME TIME (alt +
tab), OR BY SELECTING THE BROWSER WINDOW ICONS FROM YOUR WINDOWS
TASKBAR.

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[15 minute exercise] 
 Learn the basics of navigation by consulting the 

      "Navigation" 

 section of the blaxxun Contact "User's Guide" available online
 while you explore various UNIVERSAL MEDIA VRML DEMOS
 described in the next section (see next section for 
 details).

Here's how:

1) Visit blaxxun Contact product area available at
   the blaxxun home page <http://www.blaxxun.com/>

2) Select "Products" and then "Plugins & Applets" from the blaxxun home page

3) Look for "blaxxun Contact" on the "Plugins & Applets" page. From 
here you can access the blaxxun Contact User's Guide.


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WARNING: KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE CLOCK AS YOU TAKE THIS CLASS --
         IT'S EASY TO "FALL BEHIND" IN AN ONLINE CLASS IF YOU
         FORGET TO KEEP TRACK OF TIME WHEN READING OR DOING
         EXERCISES!


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