Whoola

File Release Notes and Changelog

Release Name: 2005-09-19

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Changes:
changes.txt
Whoola Space Center
$Id: changes.txt,v 1.49 2005/09/19 22:04:55 croft Exp $
David Wallace Croft

2005-09-19
* Browser:  added examples from Dock
* Browser:  F1 key now toggles point light
* Browser:  F2 key now converts model to wire frame
* Browser:  can now load COLLADA scene split into multiple files
* Browser:  can now load background node from COLLADA file
* Browser:  can now load lookat node from COLLADA for initial viewpoint
* Cyberspace:  started Cyberspace product
* Dock:  changed splash screen to picture of first EVA
* Luna:  added credits webpage

2005-08-25
* Browser:  acquires keyboard focus when started
* Browser:  added 3DS, MD2, and OBJ file format support
* Browser and Dock:  the F key now toggles frame rate display
* Browser and Dock:  frame rate increased
* Center:  added descriptions to index and Open Source license notice
* Converter:  Whoola COLLADA Converter added to Space Center
* updated to latest version of Xith
* updated to COLLADA v1.3.1

2005-07-27
* XithColladaExporter:  exports transforms using Euler angles
* Dock:  fixed normals on COLLADA demo again
* Dock:  now includes Dock Editor to customize bot help
* Browser:  3D hyperlinks now working

2005-07-07
* now requires Java 5.0
* added Whoola 3D Browser to demonstrate Whoola Xith COLLADA Loader
* Dock:  added Help query function with SSML responses

2005-05-26
* upgraded Xith3D to v2005-05-25
* upgraded JOGL to v2005-05-11
* Dock:  fixed normals on COLLADA demo

2005-05-19
* Dock:  opening scene demonstrates COLLADA loader under development

2005-04-22
* Dock:  user authentication, login, and logout enabled
* Dock:  cleaned up Swing overlay user interface components
* cleaned up webpages a bit and added ad banners

2005-04-14
* Dock:  adjusted 3D lighting and added frame icon
* Dock:  cleaned up Swing overlay user interface components

2005-04-06
* fixed JNLP bug causing crash on Java 5 Update 2
* upgraded Xith3D to v2005-02-08
* upgraded FreeTTS to v1.2.1
* Dock:  fixed intermittent lockup during startup speech bug

2005-03-23
* sends XPath message filter expressions to Whoola XML Relay
* Dock:  semi-transparent GUI overlay on top of 3D

2005-02-15
* fixed 1067377 speech synthesis stops animation
* Dock:  better synchronization of animation between peers
* Dock:  eliminated redundant rendering thread
 
2005-01-12
* fixed spelling error
* replaced splash screen
* improved installation instructions

2005-01-11
* fixed 1040715 scale in pixels instead of meters
* fixed 1040716 origin not centered in view
* spun off Whoola XML Relay code as a separate install

2004-10-11
* fixed 1040733 init failure and lockup in 5.0
* fixed messaging confused by multiple clients with same username

2004-10-05
* username and avatar name now separate
* user config file format changed to XML for manual editing
* fixed 3D client connection to server

2004-09-29
* client-side JAXB XML parsing
* 3D client rewritten

2004-08-20
* optional 3D client (pre-release, uses JOGL and Xith)
* 2D client: speech code downloaded only if used (checkbox option)
* 2D client: integrated icons (old Whoola logo)
* 2D client: fixed repaint bug

2004-08-03
* Added text-to-speech (TTS)

2004-07-16
* Replaced compressed serialized object messaging with XML