ARToolKit 2.70 released with VRML support.

Hi AR users,

This is a note of the availability an ARToolKit release. This version 
is numbered 2.70.

The release and the full read me is available at 
http://sourceforge.net/projects/artoolkit/
under "File Releases"

There are a variety of changes since the last release 2.69. Notable changes:
  *  VRML renderer for ARToolKit, libARvrml, with unified code base 
across Windows, Linux, Mac OS X. Updated simpleVRML usage example.
  *  A variety of extra examples demonstrating basic usage and 
interaction techniques.
  *  A new example twoView, demonstrating input, processing and output 
from two (or more) cameras.
  *  VideoLinuxV4L patch by Uwe Woessner for YUV support (at last!) 
and patches by Raphael Grasset for improved camera parameter control 
and compressed jpeg video stream to support the Sony Eyetoy camera.
  * VideoLinux1394Cam patch by Wayne Piekarski for improved lib1394 
support, including multiple lib1394 versions.
  *  Preliminary API documentation by Raphael Grasset.

ARToolKit is distributed as a multiple source archive. There are 
additional source + binary packages for ARToolKit dependencies on the 
Windows platforms. These include the video input library, DSVideoLib, 
and OpenVRML. Dependencies for the Unix-based platforms (Linux, Mac 
OS X, Irix) are handled by package managers on these systems (e.g. 
Fink on Mac OS X, Debian and/or RPM on Linux).

As bugs come up, please post in the SourceForge bug tracker. This 
will be the preferred forum for bug reports in future. Patch 
submissions are also welcomed.

The source for this release is now also in the Sourceforge ARToolKit 
CVS repository, and may be checked out using anonymous CVS. A 
tutorial on how to get the source using a CVS GUI tool is at 
http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=25731&group_id=116280.

There are still more additions and enhancements for ARToolKit in the 
works here at the HIT Lab NZ, including complete documentation.

Thanks to all the contributors to this release.

Regards,
-- 
Philip Lamb
Research Student,
Human Interface Technology Laboratory New Zealand,
University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ.
+64 3 3642987 x3070

From:	Philip Lamb <phil@e ..........>	Received:	Dec 3, 2004
To	artoolkit@h ..................
Subject:	ARToolKit 2.70 released with VRML support.
Hi AR users, This is a note of the availability an ARToolKit release. This version is numbered 2.70. The release and the full read me is available at http://sourceforge.net/projects/artoolkit/ under "File Releases" There are a variety of changes since the last release 2.69. Notable changes: * VRML renderer for ARToolKit, libARvrml, with unified code base across Windows, Linux, Mac OS X. Updated simpleVRML usage example. * A variety of extra examples demonstrating basic usage and interaction techniques. * A new example twoView, demonstrating input, processing and output from two (or more) cameras. * VideoLinuxV4L patch by Uwe Woessner for YUV support (at last!) and patches by Raphael Grasset for improved camera parameter control and compressed jpeg video stream to support the Sony Eyetoy camera. * VideoLinux1394Cam patch by Wayne Piekarski for improved lib1394 support, including multiple lib1394 versions. * Preliminary API documentation by Raphael Grasset. ARToolKit is distributed as a multiple source archive. There are additional source + binary packages for ARToolKit dependencies on the Windows platforms. These include the video input library, DSVideoLib, and OpenVRML. Dependencies for the Unix-based platforms (Linux, Mac OS X, Irix) are handled by package managers on these systems (e.g. Fink on Mac OS X, Debian and/or RPM on Linux). As bugs come up, please post in the SourceForge bug tracker. This will be the preferred forum for bug reports in future. Patch submissions are also welcomed. The source for this release is now also in the Sourceforge ARToolKit CVS repository, and may be checked out using anonymous CVS. A tutorial on how to get the source using a CVS GUI tool is at http://sourceforge.net/docman/display_doc.php?docid=25731&group_id=116280. There are still more additions and enhancements for ARToolKit in the works here at the HIT Lab NZ, including complete documentation. Thanks to all the contributors to this release. Regards, -- Philip Lamb Research Student, Human Interface Technology Laboratory New Zealand, University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ. +64 3 3642987 x3070