VRML for ARToolKit

Hi,
we are currently working with the VRML viewer provided with VRML4ATK and
are not happy with the rendering results. Other VRML viewers (e.g the Blaxxun 
viewer under Windows) display the same models with better quality. 
Has someone any experience in using another VRML viewer with ARToolKit
under LINUX? 
What specific product can be recommended? How can it be integrated in 
ARToolKit? Is there perhaps even some piece of specific documentation
available for integrating another viewer in ARToolKit?

Any help is appreciated!

Rainer Blum

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Dipl. Inf. Rainer Blum
Entwickler
idmk - Institut für digitale Medien und Kommunikation GmbH
Germany

From:	Rainer Blum <blum@i ......>	Received:	Jan 31, 2003
To	artoolkit@h ..................
Subject:	VRML for ARToolKit
Hi, we are currently working with the VRML viewer provided with VRML4ATK and are not happy with the rendering results. Other VRML viewers (e.g the Blaxxun viewer under Windows) display the same models with better quality. Has someone any experience in using another VRML viewer with ARToolKit under LINUX? What specific product can be recommended? How can it be integrated in ARToolKit? Is there perhaps even some piece of specific documentation available for integrating another viewer in ARToolKit? Any help is appreciated! Rainer Blum ------------------------------------------------------------- Dipl. Inf. Rainer Blum Entwickler idmk - Institut für digitale Medien und Kommunikation GmbH Germany

From:	Rainer Blum <blum@i ......>	Received:	Jan 31, 2003
To	artoolkit@h ..................
Subject:	VRML for ARToolKit
Hi, we are currently working with the VRML viewer provided with VRML4ATK and are not happy with the rendering results. Other VRML viewers (e.g the Blaxxun viewer under Windows) display the same models with better quality. Has someone any experience in using another VRML viewer with ARToolKit under LINUX? What specific product can be recommended? How can it be integrated in ARToolKit? Is there perhaps even some piece of specific documentation available for integrating another viewer in ARToolKit? Any help is appreciated! Rainer Blum ------------------------------------------------------------- Dipl. Inf. Rainer Blum Entwickler idmk - Institut für digitale Medien und Kommunikation GmbH Germany

From:	Hirokazu Kato <kato@s ........................>	Received:	Feb 2, 2003
To	Rainer Blum <blum@i ......>
Subject:	Re: VRML for ARToolKit
Hi, I do not know what kind of quality you mentioned. But as far as I know, OpenVRML does not generate normal vector for each vertex automatically. So The model is rendered with flat shading. But if normal vectors are included in the VRML, it is rendered with smooth shading. So if your model does not include normal vector, please try to add normal vector into your VRML model. >we are currently working with the VRML viewer provided with VRML4ATK and >are not happy with the rendering results. Other VRML viewers (e.g the Blaxxun >viewer under Windows) display the same models with better quality. >Has someone any experience in using another VRML viewer with ARToolKit >under LINUX? >What specific product can be recommended? How can it be integrated in >ARToolKit? Is there perhaps even some piece of specific documentation >available for integrating another viewer in ARToolKit? -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ Hirokazu Kato Faculty of Information Sciences Hiroshima City University Phone: +81-82-830-1705 Email: kato@s ........................ Fax: +81-82-830-1435 URL: http://www.sys.im.hiroshima-cu.ac.jp/people/kato/