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Chris Shaw
ONLINE: The MR Toolkit Version 1.3 is now
available
24 Feb 1994 20:57:25 GMT Computing Science, U of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Newsgroups:
sci.virtual-worlds
A N N O U N C I N G
The MR Toolkit Version 1.3
The Minimal Reality (MR) Toolkit is a subroutine library that supports
the development of Virtual Reality (VR) user interfaces
and other forms of three dimensional user interfaces.
The MR Toolkit is currently licenced by more than 150 sites
worldwide, with users on every continent except Antarctica.
The MR Toolkit provides support for common VR devices, such as
Polhemus Isotrak Tracker and FASTRAK, Shooting Star ADL-1,
Ascension Technology Bird and Flock of Birds 3D trackers,
the VPL DataGlove, the Virtual Technologies CyberGlove, the
VPL EyePhone, the Virtual Research HMDs (Flight Helmet and EyeGen3)
support for SGI Videosplitter, SGI Multi Channel,
and sound synthesis equipment.
This toolkit also supports the distribution of the user interface
over multiple workstations, data distributed over several workstations,
numerous interaction techniques, physical and virtual geometry management,
and real-time performance analysis tools. The current version of the
MR Toolkit is callable from C, C++ and FORTRAN programs on SGI, DEC,
and IBM workstations. Some elements of the MR Toolkit will also run on
Suns and other UNIX platforms.
The experience of our users indicates that working GL programs can be
converted into working VR programs in about an hour.
The features now available in this release are:
New MOTIF hand calibration program for gloves
A MOTIF pseudo-tracker to replace any trackers you don't own
Simple VR viewers for Wavefront .obj and Alias Separated .tri files
The Panel Package - User can use glove to interact with buttons, menus,
sliders & text on a 2D rectangle placed in 3D space.
The Peer package - allows intelligent multi-person VR interaction.
Comes with a Multi-Player HANDBALL game that allows you to play
virtual handball with other people on the Internet.
Includes texture-mapped faces!
OML - the Object Modeling Language - is a procedural programming
language for describing the geometry and behaviour of 3D
objects used in computer animations and virtual worlds.
A platform-independent graphical programming language
which allows intelligent event management.
Comes with nifty demos, including a 3D dungeon game.
JDCAD+ can be used to generate OML code for the geometry,
provides a quick tool for geometrical design.
JDCAD+ - is a highly interactive 3D modeling system (no coding) using
six-degrees of freedom input devices to make 3D models.
Provides a quick tool for geometrical design.
JDCAD+ can be used to generate OML code for the geometry.
OML can be used add behaviours and/or add/change
geometry of 3D objects.
The toolkit is available at no cost to licenced academic and research
institutions. To get version 1.3 of the MR toolkit, you must sign
the licence form and mail it back to the University of Alberta.
The person signing it should be a full-time "responsible person" at
your organization, with a title such as Professor, Director, Manager, etc.
If you are interested in the MR Toolkit, you can either ftp the PostScript
copy of the licence from
menaik.cs.ualberta.ca ... Address: 129.128.4.241
cd pub/graphics and get the file "licence.ps"
Or, you can email lloyd@cs.UAlberta.ca, and he will email you the
PostScript licence form.
Mail the signed licence form to:
Professor Mark Green
Department of Computing Science
615 General Services Building
University of Alberta
Edmonton, Alberta
Canada
T6G 2H1
The MR Toolkit is distributed by blind FTP, so please include your email
address in the licence form so we can tell you how to get the MR Toolkit.
If you're using MR Toolkit, we're interested in your opinion. Ideas for new
features or critics are welcome. We would like to know of applications
using the MR Toolkit. How are you using the Tookit?
--
Chris Shaw University of Alberta
cdshaw@cs.UAlberta.ca CatchPhrase: Bogus as HELL !