Provide an understanding of the basic principles of ISO VRML 97.

VRML concepts
Nodes
Prototypes
Scripting
VRML tools

Carey and Bell's The Annotated VRML Reference Manual.
- Chapters 1 and 2.

Ames et al.'s VRML Sourcebook (Second edition):
- Chapters 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 7, 10, (11), 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, and 23 (!).

Nadeau's Introduction to VRML97 course.

Texture Mapping in VRML Tutorial by Cindy Reed-Ballreich: http://www.ballreich.net/vrml/texture/texture.html

The "VRML Cheat Sheet": http://www.jch.com/~jch/vrml/v2cs.pdf