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VR Juggler Release Notes |
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For all versions: |
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- See the ChangeLog for more system-level changes that do not directly |
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affect applications. |
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- See the Known Bugs page on the VR Juggler website (www.vrjuggler.org) |
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for the current list of bugs. |
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Version: 1.0.5 |
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Released: February 8, 2002 |
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Major bug fixes: |
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* vjGlOsgApp class now works correctly in simulator and in |
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multi-pipe setups. The backport released in v1.0.4 was |
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incomplete and non-functional. |
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Version: 1.0.4 |
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Released: January 22, 2002 |
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Major bug fixes: |
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* glContextData allocation race conditions. (SF Bug# 500569) |
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Under certain circumstances there was a race condition in the |
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allocation of the data stored in a glContextData entry. This |
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cause seg faults and NULL pointer exceptions. |
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* OpenSceneGraph application class now correctly displays across |
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multiple display surfaces. (note: this required a change to |
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OSG, so you must be using OSG v0.8.44 -- Camera needs an |
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ADJUST_NONE setting). |
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* Deallocation bug with performance monitoring code. |
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* Added command-line options to vjControl (--help and -prefs) |
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* Fixed assertion failures on angled surfaces. |
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* Fixed CyberGlove driver to allow compilation on Linux/PowerPC. |
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* 64-bit support for HP-UX. |
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Version: 1.0.3 |
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Released: November 26, 2001 |
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Major bug fixes: |
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* The helper function vjGetVjMatrix() did not convert a pfMatrix to |
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a vjMatrix correctly. |
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* A memory bug in the low-level MotionStar driver has been patched. |
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* VjControl works with JDK 1.4. |
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* The vjMatrix constructor that initializes the matrix elements |
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individually assigns all values correctly. |
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* Shared libraries can be built on HP-UX 11.x. |
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Version: 1.0.2 |
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Released: August 6, 2001 |
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Major bug fixes: |
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* The config chunk for TrackdSensor and TrackdController have been |
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fixed so that the min and max settings are correctly associated |
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with TrackdController. |
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* Linking errors related to the use of pthread_attr_setstackaddr() |
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on newer versions of Linux have been fixed. |
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* Redraw problems in VjControl related to updating the active |
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application configuration have been fixed. |
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Version: 1.0.1 |
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Released: June 14, 2001 |
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Major bug fixes: |
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* The MotionStar driver has had several bugs fixed. In particular, |
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it can now recover when the server system is in a bad state. |
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New features: |
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* Support for HP-UX 11.00. |
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Version: 1.0.0 |
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Released: April 13, 2001 |
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Required application and configuration changes for upgrading from older |
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beta versions: |
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* Interocular distance is now a configurable option. If not given, |
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the default separation will be 0.0 which results in no stereo |
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viewing. A recommended value for most cases is 0.229. This is |
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set in the JugglerUser chunk. |
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* Link Juggler_utils when compiling applications. |
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* The method vjQuat::unit() is now called vjQuat::normalizeFast(). |
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* The method vjQuat::makeQuat() is now called vjQuat::makeRot(). |
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* Update the descfiles property in ~/.vjconfig/vjcontrol.cfg (if one |
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exists) to point to "$VJ_SHARE_DIR/Data/chunksDesc". This is |
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necessary because the extra VR Juggler files are now installed in |
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$VJ_BASE_DIR/share by default instead of $VJ_BASE_DIR. Note that |
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$VJ_SHARE_DIR is a value used internally by VjControl and does |
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not have to be set as an environment variable. |
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* On IRIX with the MIPSpro Compilers, -LANG:std must be added to the |
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compiler and linker options for compiling applications. |
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* On IRIX, the version 7.3.1.1m or newer of the MIPSpro Compilers is |
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required. Check your version with 'CC -version' on the command |
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line. |
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* The Ascension MotionStar driver has been improved, and configuration |
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files for that device must be updated. Refer to the examples in |
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$VJ_BASE_DIR/share/Data/configFiles/example.mstar.1pack.config and |
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$VJ_BASE_DIR/share/Data/configFiles/example.mstar.2pack.config for |
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one- and two-pack configurations respectively. |
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* All windows are positioned relative to the lower left corner of |
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the display area. This allows all graphics APIs on all platforms |
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to use the same display configuration. |
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New features: |
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* The field of view (FOV) and aspect ratio can now be configured in |
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simulator windows. |
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* Drivers for trackd and the Intersense IS-900 have been added. |
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* Many memory problems and instability issues have been fixed. |
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* Win32 support has been improved. All windows are positioned |
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correctly, and borderless surface displays can be opened. |
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Version: 0.1.97 |
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Released: July 18, 2000 |
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Required application and configuration changes for upgrading from 0.1.95: |
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* Link Juggler_utils |
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* Keyboard chunk in config files should have sleep_time set to a |
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non-zero value. 50 is a reasonable value. Failing to do so can |
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result in a major perforamnce decrease. |
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* All windows are positioned with a coordinate system based at the |
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lower left corner of the window relative to the lower left corner |
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of the display. Full screen windows should be placed at 0,0. |
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* vjGetVJMatrix() (in Kernel/Pf/vjPfUtil.h) been renamed to |
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vjGetVjMatrix(). |
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New features: |
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* Debugging output can be color coded for easier readbility. This |
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is currently only availble with the UNIX versions. |
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* Many bug fixes that include fixing some bad memory references. |
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* Pinch glove driver is now supported and has a digital simulator. |
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* MotionStar driver is working but still has some limitations (see |
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the Known Bugs page). |
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* The samples/pf directory has a VR Juggler application to load |
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models into Performer that supports nagivation and collision |
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detection. |
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* The vjMatrix class has three new members for getting rotation |
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values: getXRot(), getYRot() and getZRot(). |
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* Applications no longer need to pass a kernel instance to their |
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VR Juggler App super class. The vjApp class will get a vjKernel |
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instance on its own if none is provided. If, however, a kernel |
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instance is provided and it is NULL, a fatal error will still |
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occur. |
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* SoundManager is available to abstract sound functionality for |
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cross platform audio. |
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VjControl now requires the Java 2 compiler and runtime environment. |
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