Basic Information
You
will need Cosmo
Player to view the VRMLs,
and
Shockwave
& Flash Player to view the 2D animations.
Pages
are made at 1024×768 screen resolution.
It
is best viewed with Netscape Navigator/Communicator 4.0 or higher.
Operating GINGA
01
Click on "GINGA"
at menu bar to get into 3D cruising in the GINGA Worlds.
02
Start with an auto-cruise
in the Nebula World.
03
You may also choose a manual-cruise by clicking on the "manual"
button.
04
To change your avatar or World, or to start a new search, click on
the "editor"
button.
05
At the editor interface, you can change each avatar's World
by selecting
from the pull-down menu.
06
By selecting on a specific avatar icon
, you can view its VRML World
on an larger screen.
07
From this screen, you can choose either auto or manual-cruise.
If you cannot start auto-cruise, restart your internet browser or
try manual-cruise.
08
When you find floating avatarsor
info-boxes
(samples of information) in
the World, click on them to get some information.
09
To start a new search mission on the editor interface, type in the search
dialogue boxes and choose locations
and a format of results from
the pull-down menu.
10
Push "search"
to start. (currently GINGA search engine has not been built)
11
To view a classified result of the search for the "National Libraries",
click on "result".
12
To go back to the editor interface to start another search, click on "setting".
