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VREng    Virtual Reality Engine                                   
Requirements

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What is required ?

  • You need the X-Window System (X11R6 either X11R5 either XSun openwin) with the GLX extension.
  • Your visual must have a color depth of 8, 15, 16 or 24.
  • Graphic 3D rendering can be assured by either OpenGL Vendor library (Sun, Apple, SGI), either free Mesa3D library.

What is required on MBone ?

  • Your machine should support local IP Multicast (IGMPv2), but
  • Since "vrum", a Unicast-Multicast reflector, exists, it is not necessary your site be connected on the MBone.

What is recommended, but not required ?

  • To display contents of Web Objects you need a Browser like: - Firefox
    - Mozilla
    - Netscape
    - Safari
    - ...
  • To get benefits of world persistency (live worlds): - libmysqlclient library of MySql
  • Eventually you need the classical MBone tools like: - Rat
    - Vic
    - Wb
    which are used by VREng as external applications.
  • Eventually you can use other tools like; - Vat
    - FreePhone
    - Wbd
    - Nte
    Others tools, like: - gv/ghostview to visualize PostScripts documents
    - acroread to visualize Adobe PDF documents
    - a2ps to print documents
    - ssh or telnet and xterm to connect to hosts
    - wget to retrieve remote files
    - mpg123 or xaudio or freeamp to play MP3
    - mtvp or mpeg_play to play mpeg audio/video
    - ...
  • To improve performances VREng uses threads library POSIX compatible, but if your system doesn't support this feature, downloading gif images is slower through the Web.

VREng (Virtual Reality Engine) - Web: vreng.enst.fr - ENST / Dpt. INFRES
Contact: Philippe Dax's Site (dax at enst dot fr)
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