[Visualpython-users] Visual Python in a 3D Immersive Environment

[Shaun P. <sha...@an...>]

I have modified Visual Python to run on The Wedge system at the
Department of Computer Science, Australian National University. The
Wedge is a 3D Immersive Environment, which presents scenes in real 3D.
The details about The Wedge can be found at http://escience.anu.edu.au
(usage information) and http://ephebe.anu.edu.au/wedge/index.html
(technical and hardware information).
Credit must also go to Hugh Fisher (author of the Stereo Visual Python
Program) for assisting with the 3D transformation calculations. 

I have also added a couple of extras to Visual Python
New shapes: Pyramid and Frustum
New shape set: Points (which are a set of single points on the screen)
New shape attribute: Wire (when true the shape is drawn as a wire frame)

I am giving a seminar next week on the project and I hope to have
slides/screenshots/source available after that.

Now, a number of questions ....

Did anyone have problems building Visual Python under Windows from
source? (either using the Visual C++ workspace file that came supplied,
or linking the vector library)
Did anyone have any problems running any demo's under the windows build
that use vectors eg stars.py?
Can anyone confirm that the algorithms used to generate the shapes do
not follow the "winding" rules for front-facing or back-facing surfaces?

Shaun Press
Department of Systems Engineering
Research School of Information Sciences and Engineering
Australian National University