VRML - Actius RD3D Notebook PC: New outlet for VRML Content?

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Actius RD3D Notebook PC: New outlet for VRML Content?

Bill Angel

2004-02-18, 3:29 pm

Hi:

I came across an interesting product announcement. It is for the Sharp
Actius RD3D, which is billed as the "world's first autostereo 3-D
notebook"

[NOTE: This product has been mentioned before in this forum (see
message by P Flavin on 12-07-2003)]

For product info see:

http://www.sharpsystems.com/product...s/actius/rd/3d/

I saw a "street" price for it of $3,000.

To see further details check out:

http://store.sharpsystems.com/product.asp?sku=2433813

and

http://www.sharp3d.com/

OK....NOW HERE IS MY QUESTION....

I have not seen any mention of a VRML viewer that offers support for
this platform. Is there at present any software that will allow VRML
Worlds to be rendered/displayed on this platform in "autostereo 3-D"?

Thanks,

Bill Angel

Joerg Scheurich aka MUFTI

2004-02-18, 8:25 pm

> Is there at present any software that will allow VRML
> Worlds to be rendered/displayed on this platform in "autostereo 3-D"?

I have seen covise/cover (which includes a rather complete VRML97
browser) run on the "see real" autostereoscopic display.

The "see real" website also talk about cortona in full screen mode.

http://www.dresden3d.com/EN/software.en.htm

|                         Cortona VRML
|                         Client
|                         (fullscreen)

At least the autostereographic display from stereographic talk about
cortona:

http://www.vrlogic.de/html/stereogr...synthagram.html

| Applications:
....
| Parallel Graphics
|                - Cortona VRML Client 4.2

Beside this, supported applications like 3D Studio Max have VRML import
features and can be used as a limited VRML renderer.

so long
MUFTI
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Jaanis Garancs

2004-02-19, 8:29 am

in case of the sharp 3d and several other 'autostereo' displays, i am
pretty sure it would work also for Blaxxun Contact and BS Contact
VRML,
and probably any other aplication that that supports stereo in directX
mode, usually it is the case, if you have nVidia card and drivers that
support that)

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> OK....NOW HERE IS MY QUESTION....
>
> I have not seen any mention of a VRML viewer that offers support for
> this platform. Is there at present any software that will allow VRML
> Worlds to be rendered/displayed on this platform in "autostereo 3-D"?

Joerg Scheurich aka MUFTI

2004-02-19, 11:31 am

> in case of the sharp 3d and several other 'autostereo' displays, i am
> pretty sure it would work also for Blaxxun Contact and BS Contact
> VRML,
> and probably any other aplication that that supports stereo in directX
> mode, usually it is the case, if you have nVidia card and drivers that
> support that)

Why ? For OpenGL, there is a big difference in the code of active
shutter stereo and the code needed for the 'autostereo' displays.

so long
MUFTI
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Cecile Muller

2004-02-19, 5:31 pm

>Is there at present any software that will allow VRML
>Worlds to be rendered/displayed on this platform
>in "autostereo 3-D"?

Maybe BS Contact Stereo, i don't know if it will
run on that notebook. Here's the description of it:
http://www.wildpeaks.com/docs/BS_Contact_Stereo.pdf