[openvrml-announce] ANN: OpenVRML 0.12.0

[Braden M. <br...@en...>]

OpenVRML 0.12.0 is now available.  The distribution can be obtained from

  <http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/openvrml/openvrml-0.12.0.tar.gz?download>

OpenVRML is a C++ runtime library for VRML97 worlds. It is capable of
reading and displaying VRML; it can be used for creating loaders, file
convertors, and VRML browsers.

You can find OpenVRML on the Web at

  <http://openvrml.org>


New in OpenVRML 0.12.0:

- Nodes have been completely rearchitected so as to abstract their
  implementations from the core library. Many bugs fixed in the
  process, and a few regressions introduced.

- Preliminary (incomplete) support for Java in the Script node.

- Added VrmlMatrix class.

- CylinderSensor is now supported.

- Viewpoints inside Transforms should work correctly now.

- Applied sanity to use of the garbage collector in the JavaScript
  binding.

- The core library can now be compiled without OpenGL/Mesa.

- OpenVRML now uses namespaces extensively.

- Now using pkg-config.

- Mostly-complete Doxygen documentation.