From news@wpi.edu Tue Sep 20 12:13:15 1994 Return-Path: Received: from mx3.u.washington.edu by stein2.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW94.4/UW-NDC Revision: 2.30 ) id AA22878; Tue, 20 Sep 94 12:13:15 -0700 Received: from hitl-new.hitl.washington.edu by mx3.u.washington.edu (5.65+UW94.4/UW-NDC Revision: 2.30 ) id AA01506; Tue, 20 Sep 94 12:13:14 -0700 Received: by hitl.hitl.washington.edu; id AA21401; Tue, 20 Sep 1994 12:11:43 -0700 Received: from relay1.UU.NET by rodan.UU.NET with SMTP id QQxifc09354; Tue, 20 Sep 1994 15:13:05 -0400 Received: from bigboote.WPI.EDU by relay1.UU.NET with ESMTP id QQxifc25901; Tue, 20 Sep 1994 15:13:00 -0400 Received: (news@localhost) by bigboote.WPI.EDU (8.6.9/8.6) id NAA25541; Tue, 20 Sep 1994 13:21:21 -0400 To: sci-virtual-worlds@uunet.uu.net Path: wpi.WPI.EDU!rmason From: rmason@wpi.wpi.edu (Bob Mason) Newsgroups: sci.virtual-worlds,alt.uu.virtual-worlds.misc,sci.virtual-worlds.apps,wpi.cs,wpi Subject: WORLDBUILDER v.1.0 Date: 20 Sep 1994 17:21:19 GMT Organization: Worcester Polytechnic Institute Lines: 108 Message-Id: <35n5mf$otb@bigboote.WPI.EDU> Nntp-Posting-Host: wpi.wpi.edu X-Status: Status: OR Anouncing WORLDBUILDER v.1.0, the culmination of a Major Qualifying Project through the Worcester Polytechnic Institute Computer Science Department. WorldBuilder utilizes the Rend386 engine and I/O routines, but brings a new mode of interaction. Users with PowerGloves have complete control over the virtual environment, including object manipulation (object movement, painting, rotation, scaling, cut/copy/paste) and creation (extruding user defined polygons through 3space). Users can now open and save virtual worlds from within WorldBuilder. Included at the ftp site is the executable, source, and 30 page manual plus tutorial (in postscript format) for using the system. Please ftp the files from: ftp://cs.wpi.edu/pub/projects_and_papers/graphics_and_vision/vrmqp Any questions can be directed to: Bob Mason: bob@redstar.com workSPACE --------- WORLDBUILDER v.1.0 Written 1994 by Chad Council, Erik Felton, Craig Johnson and Robert Mason as a project through Worcester Polytechnic Institute WorldBuilder is built upon Rend386 v. 5.0 written and (c) 1992,1993 by Dave Stampe and Bernie Roehl This program is free for non-commercial, non-profit, non-promotional use. Any other use requires prior written permission from the authors. You may freely distribute WorldBuilder and it's sources as long as this README file tags along. Note: A 386 or 486 PC and VGA card are required to run this software. A PowerGlove is needed to utilize most features of this application. To get adequate performance with worlds and a powerglove a 486 is recommended. WorldBuilder archived Files: ---------------------------- BLDREXE.ZIP includes all files for the WorldBuilder application, including sample clip objects and worlds from Virtual Reality Creations, with permission from Bernie Roehl. MANPS.ZIP The manual for WorldBuilder, including a tutorial. BLDRSRC.ZIP all source files to build WorldBuilder, please feel free to modify and change this application. Please send any updates to one of the authors. Instalation notes: ------------------ BLDREXE.ZIP was pkzip'd preserving sub-directory structure. To extract the files, while preserving this structure use the following command: pkunzip -d BLDREXE.ZIP You can contact the authors of WorldBuilder at the following email addresses: --------------------------------- Chad Council: Chad_Council@intersolv.com Craig Johnson: johnson@edwin.enet.dec.com Erik Felton: elf@mak.com Bob Mason: bob@redstar.com You may also contact our professors who advised us on this project at Worcester Polytechnic Institute. --------------------------------------------------- Prof. Roy Rubinstein: roy@cs.wpi.edu Prof. Craig Wills: cew@cs.wpi.edu Worcester Polytechnic Institute Computer Science Dept. 100 Institute Road Worcester, MA 01609 The authors of Rend386, Bernie and Dave, both have their own new homebrew VR programming toolkits. You may contact them at: ------------------------ Bernie: broehl@sunee.uwaterloo.ca Dave: dstampe@sunee.uwaterloo.ca Stampe, Dave and Roehl, Bernie and Eagan, John; Virtual Reality Creations; (Waite Group Press, 1993); ISBN 1-878739-39-5