Vivo Software’s VivoActive Player plug-in enables you to get on-demand Web video and audio from websites offering VivoActive content.
The 788KB plug-in is available free for Windows and Macintosh users and can be downloaded from Vivo’s website. Installing the VivoActive Player is no different from installing any other plug-in.

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If you haven’t downloaded the 4.0 versions of Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape’s Communicator and you want to experience what Virtual Reality Modeling Language (or VRML) has to offer on the Web, you will need to download a VRML plug-in, such as Silicon Graphics’ Cosmo Player.

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One of the most exciting new technologies I have seen lately is Things from Parable Software. “Things” are multimedia objects similar to Java applets or Shockwave animations that jazz up Web pages. The difference between Things and Java applets or Shockwave animations is that Things can be made by even the [...]

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Plug-ins can turn boring Web pages into eye-pleasing experiences. By downloading RubberFlex’s AnimaFlex plug-in, for example, you can view Web animations created by the company’s RubberWeb technology.

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Live Picture Inc.’s free RealSpace Viewer plug-in for your browser (it doesn’t yet work with Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0) lets you explore photo-realistic worlds that have been created with a special technology.

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RealNetworks is known for mastering streaming audio and video on the Web. And it continues to forge ahead ambitiously with the technology by releasing the new RealPlayer G2 player as a follow-up to the RealPlayer. The G2 (meaning generation 2) player is still in beta, but you can download it at the [...]

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