|
From: John R. <ric...@sp...> - 2002-01-08 03:08:39
|
Hello, I will be at Macworld trying to show off a modified MacLookat VRML viewer. It is called SimVRMLLoookat. It is MacLookat modified to accept Apple Events from SuperCard and Labview. It consists of the SimVRMLLookat viewer. The SimVRML RPT (Rapid Prototyping Tool), a user guide and test virtual environments. Mostly architecture. SuperCard is functionally equivalent and I feel superior to Macromedia Director 8 and this API goes a long way to making it equivalent to Director 8.5 with shockwave 3D. The reference implementation of the API is created in SuperCard. It is really cool, if I must say so..... Labview is for real time data acquisition and for making scientific UI's. I'll be at the Lego Mindstormes BOF. Mindstormes uses a sort of Labview lite called robolab. The modifications have an API. It is speech input enabled. Speech requires a decent microphone. The SuperCard development environment is cheap (~ $100). Robolab is cheap and can be found in toy stores (pisco Lego-Dacta makes it). The full Labview by National Instruments is $2000 or more. The viewer is anticipated to be up on source forge in mid January. It is not evident in this release, but the goal is to add generic core simulation functionality to OpenVRML. The API gives more information. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS: Michael Louka who made MacLookat. Mike has been very helpful. Also, all the others involved in OpenVRML shuch as Chris Morley, Branden McDaniel, S.K. Bose,....... John F. Richardson |