VRweb 0.53 Beta
===============

This is the Win32s version of VRweb a VRML browser for Microsoft Windows 3.x, 
Windows 95 without native OpenGL support, and Windows NT 3.1.

VRweb is a joint project between IICM (Hyper-G team), NCSA (mosaic), and the
Gopher team.

Installation:
=============

If you have not installed Win32s yet please install it before runing VRweb:
Get the two Zip archieves w32disk1 and w32disk2. Unzip them and run Setup.

To install VRweb create a directory and unzip the archive with 

unzip vrw_win

Then you can create an icon in the Program Manager. In a later version we
will supply an install program.

To install VRweb with Mosaic 2.00:

Get a VRML scene from your prefered sever. Mosaic asks you whether to save the
file to disk or to configure a viewer. Select to configure a viewer and 
another dialog appears. Press the browse button and select VRweb at the location 
you did put it to. Press OK and Mosaic is configured for use with VRweb.

Configuration with Netscape is analogous.

System requirements:
====================

To use VRweb you should have an 486-50 and 8 MB of memory or better. If
rendering is slow use as interactive mode wireframe (Menue Rendering-
Interactive-Wireframe)

Beta limitations:
=================

Because of being Beta some features are not implemented yet (but will in near 
future):

* Fly to mode is not implemented with VRML scenes
* Online help not operable
* No network support (hyperg, http)

INI-file options:
=================

The UseTrueColor option in the INI file defines use of true color displays. In this
version true color is very slow. UseTrueColor is 0 on default (1 = on). With InitialMode
you can define the initial rendering mode of VRweb (0 = wireframe 4 = texture). 
InteractiveMode sets the initial quality switchback mode. Standard is smooth shading for
rendering and wireframe for switch back (interactive mode).

Support:
========

Please send all bug reports to the mail alias vrweb-bugs@iicm.tu-graz.ac.at or
directly to me: gorasche@iicm.tu-graz.ac.at.

or

subscribe the  VRweb mailing list with a mail to listproc@iicm.tu-graz.ac.at 
and the message body

subscribe vrweb YourNameHere

To unsubscribe send a mail to the same address and exchange subscribe with
unsubscribe. Mails to the list then can be sent to vrweb@iicm.tu-graz.ac.at.


Gerbert Orasche
Graz, September 24th 1995