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- 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 and WinG yet please install it before
- running VRweb: Get the Zip archieves win32s.zip and wingbt.zip. Unzip them
- and run Setup for each of them.
-
- 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.
-
- Please note, that this version of VRweb does not support compressed scenes. If
- you want to look at them you have to uncompress them first.
-
- 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
- * No help available
- * The user interface will be fine tuned
- * No standard light source in VRML scenes
- * No network support (hyperg, http)
- * No unzip support
-
- True color support is included in this version but it is slow. If you want to
- look at it though, edit the UseTrueColor option in the INI file and set it to 1.
- In future versions we will tune this part.
-
- 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, August 7th 1995
-