From: sederta@sederta.com (Sederta Inc.)
Subject: Re: TECH: AVRIL and VIO i-glasses (and VRML)
Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 09:59:04 -0500
Organization: Sederta Inc.


>2) Anybody have any updates on when the AVRIL source will be released?

I think Bernie Rohel would be the person to contact in that regard.

>3) I've been ruling out VRML for my work on the assumption that it's
>more for internet-based applications.  (I'm involved in a study
>looking at the relationship between vision and balance, and also eye
>tracking.)  One thing we plan on doing is moving a stereoscopic dot
>around an otherwise empty VR world whose position is determined by eye
>position and the output of a data file.  Am I correct that VRML is not
>suited to this, or do you think I should give it a closer look?

It's only my opinion but I would defenitely go for a stand alone,
C/C++ coded, solution. You will get much more control for your
specific scientific task using a VR C/C++ library. Well, VRML is not
much more than a 3D file format (for now at least) so it could be used
to store your 3D objects but my experience was that it was more easy
to design my geometries using a modeler tool like 3D studio and then
export the geometries to a 3DS or DXF file that my VR app could load
back in.

Hope it helped

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