I'd like to announce the M5 release of Xj3D. In this release we have worked to make Xj3D align with the current draft X3D specification. Other improvements include better texture handling(GIF support, URL cacheing, better rescaling) , some new nodes like StaticGroup, LoadSensor and VisibilitySensor. We've also implemented an experimental overlay system. For Java3D loader users we have added the ability to specify capability bits. We've also started a OpenGL renderer project thats included with this release, but it will require a fair bit more work before its ready for production use.
You can download the latest version here: http://www.web3d.org/TaskGroups/source/xj3d.html#use If your interested in what nodes/language concepts are implemented you can see our conformance status here: http://www.xj3d.org/status.html Right now we could use a fair bit of conformance testing. If you have some cycles to spare for testing please contact me and I'll coordinate people's efforts. Thanks to James Harney for submitting a large batch of testing results. During Siggraph we will be wandering around with a laptop showing the latest features of Xj3D. Feel free to grab us(Justin Couch is the easiest with bright blue hair) for a demo. -- Alan Hudson President: Yumetech, Inc. http://www.yumetech.com/ Web3D Open Source Chair http://www.web3d.org/TaskGroups/source/ =========================================================================== To unsubscribe, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "signoff JAVA3D-INTEREST". For general help, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and include in the body of the message "help".
