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VR Juggler 2.0 Feature List

• Modularization
  • Operating system abstraction (VPR)
  • Sound system (Sonix)
  • Java/C++ interaction through CORBA (Tweek)
  • Configuration system (JCCL)
  • Input system (Gadgeteer)
  • Virtual platform (VR Juggler)
• Cluster support
  • Cluster plugins
    • Remote input manager
    • Synchronization layer
    • Application-specific shared data
• DLLs on Win32
• Mac OS X support
  • Requires X11 for OS X and OS X 10.3 (Panther) or newer—OS X 10.4 (Tiger) highly recommended
• Windows XP Professional x64 Edition support
  • Requires patched version of NSPR 4.6 (NSPR 4.7 should have Windows x64 support integrated)
  • Requires Visual Studio 2005
• Revamped configuration system
  • Simplified terminology
    • "Config chunks" are now called "configuration elements," reflecting that they are units of configuration
    • "Chunks descs" are now called "configuration definitions" to indicate that they define the structure of configuration elements
  • XML for configuration files and definition files
  • File format versioning
  • Configuration element versioning
  • XSLT for transitioning between versions of file formats and configuration elements
  • Automatic configuration file updating in the editor GUI (see below)
• Keyboard/mouse input for graphics windows
• Input logger for input playback and testing
• No more CTRL-c to shut down applications
• Multiple viewports in graphics windows
• Support for new compilers
  • GCC 3.0, 3.1, 3.2, 3.3, 3.4, 4.0
  • Visual C++ 7.0 (VS.NET 2002), 7.1 (VS.NET 2003), 8.0 (Visual Studio 2005)
• Use of NSPR on certain platforms (e.g., Windows) to improve portability
• Refactored Input Manager
• Redesigned configuration editor (VRJConfig)
  • All-new GUI
  • Standardized remote communication protocol
  • Custom (high-level) editor framework
    • Custom editor for device/proxy relationships
    • Custom editor for display windows and viewports
    • Custom editor for simulator configurations
    • Custom editor for projection-based immersive VR systems
  • Configuration creation wizards
    • Wizard for projection-based immersive VR configuration
    • Wizard for device configuration
• Revamped performance monitoring
  • Less intrusive API
  • New Java visualization plug-in
  • User-defined performance categories
• Support for new graphics APIs
  • Open Scene Graph
  • OpenSG
• User-defined debugging categories
• Fully cross-platform device drivers
  • Based on abstraction layer for termios and Win32 serial I/O
• New device drivers
  • VRPN
  • Joysticks supported by Linux "joydev" (USB and game port)
  • Joysticks supported by DirectInput
  • Microsoft Speech API for voice input
  • 3Dconnexion SpaceBall and SpaceMouse
• Clearer output messages (differentiating errors from normal status)
• Python language bindings: PyJuggler
• In-progress .NET language bindings (C#, VB.NET, J#, etc.): VRJ.NET
• New and expanded documentation created using Doxygen, JavaDoc, and DocBook
  • VPR Documentation
  • Tweek Documentation (Java and C++)
  • JCCL Documentation (Java and C++)
  • Sonix Documentation
  • Gadgeteer Documentation
  • VR Juggler and VRJConfig Documentation (Java and C++)