VRJuggler BoF at SIGGRAPH
Wednesday August 11
5:30-6:30p.m.
Room 506, Los Angeles Converntion Center
Hello Jugglers!
Come to the VR Juggler BOF at SIGGRAPH 2004 to see the new
and exciting features of VR Juggler 2.0. There has been much work done
over the past year to increase both the functionality and ease of use of
VR Juggler. This will give you a great oppertunity to ask questions that
you may have and provide us with input to direct the future of VR
Juggler.
Join us on Wednesday August 11th in Room 506 of the Los Angeles
Convention Center from 5:30 - 6:30pm.
Below is a list of the major changes that have occured over the past year.
VRJConfig - Custom Editors
==========================
Much work has been put into the design of high-level editors for complex
tasks such as device configuration including proxies, aliases, and
screen placement for projection VR systems.
VRJConfig - Wizards
===================
Wizards have been added into VRJConfig to simplify the creation of
general purpose configurations.
Config Element Versioning
=========================
Automatic updating of out-of-date configuration elements has been added.
VRJConfig can detect when a configuration element is out of date with
respect to its definition. Through the magic of XSLT, the configuration
element can be transformed into the new version automatically.
Performance Monitoring
======================
Added the ability to acquire performance statistics in order to analyze
the different parts of your application and VR Juggler. The interface is
very clean and easy to use. There are three macros that can be used:
VPR_PROFILE("MyDraw"), VPR_PROFILE_HISTORY("MyDraw", num), and
VPR_PROFILE_RESULTS()
Microsoft Speech Recognition Driver
===================================
Added support for an additional speech recognition input type. This
allows both a direct stream of recognized words and access to a grammer
matching mechanism.
Building Device Drivers
=======================
Related to people writing their own device drivers, the Gadgeteer build
system has been revamped to make it much, much easier for users to
compile their device driver plug-ins with all the correct options. It
is now possible for developers to write a *four-line* makefile that will
build a device driver correctly on all supported platforms.
VR Juggler Dynamic Application Loader/Launcher
==============================================
The basic idea with this application is to allow remote launching of
dynamically loaded VR Juggler application objects. In other words, it
realizes a goal we have had for a long time: a VR Juggler daemon.
Build System - External Dependencies
====================================
With each release of VR Juggler there is now a dependency package that
contains all required external dependencies. This makes it much easier
for the end user to install and VR Juggler quickly.
Build System - Windows Build
==============================
Cygwin is no longer required for any part of building the Juggler
Project, including VR Juggler applications. The code is built now using
a Visual Studio solution that ties together a bunch of Visual C++
projects. Unlike the Cygwin build, the Visual Studio build supports both
debug and release binaries. There has also been a TKintXXXX visual front
end added to make the process of specifing all build settings easier.
Linux Joystick Driver
=====================
A new Linux Joystick driver has been added to allow input from any
supported joystick or gamepad.
Hope to see you all there,
the VR Juggler team
VR Juggler BOF
Wednesday, 11 August
5:30 - 6:30pm
Los Angeles Convention Center
Room 506
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