[openvrml-develop] ANN: OpenVRML 0.16.0

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

OpenVRML 0.16.0 is now available.  The distribution can be obtained
from

  <http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/openvrml/openvrml-0.16.0.tar.gz?download>

OpenVRML is a C++ runtime library for VRML97 and X3D worlds.  It is
capable of reading and displaying VRML/X3D; it can be used for creating
loaders, file converters, and VRML/X3D browsers.

OpenVRML includes a Mozilla browser plug-in.

You can find OpenVRML on the Web at

  <http://openvrml.org>


New in OpenVRML 0.16.0:

- User-extensible I/O subsystem based on the standard C++ IOstreams.

- Asynchronously load Inline worlds.

- Asynchronously load and progressively render PNG and JPEG images.

- Added support for nonnative EXTERNPROTOs.  EXTERNPROTO
  implementations are loaded asynchronously.

- Support for constructing scene graphs from Classic VRML-encoded X3D,
  including the Core, Interchange, Interactive, MPEG4, Immersive, and
  Full profiles.

- Mozilla plug-in now uses the Web browser for resource fetching; so
  it gets the benefit of the Web browser's cache.