The Virtual Rendering System
Version 3.3
(C) 2001-2007
Hasso-Plattner-Institut University of Potsdam
Computer Graphics Systems
Postfach 900460
14440 Potsdam, Germany
ABOUT VRS
VRS is a 3D graphics library that supports 3D modeling, interaction, and animation. It implements innovative multipass rendering techniques, and provides a large collection of building blocks for composing interactive graphics applications. VRS is based on OpenGL. In addition, it provides support for RenderMan.
VRS has been ported to and tested on the following platforms: - Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP (Visual Studio .NET 2003 / 2005) - Linux
VRS collaborates with the following user interface libraries: - GLUT
- Tcl
- Qt
- Gtk++ (currently not maintained)
VRS can be integrated in C++ applications and accessed by its C++ API. Alternatively, we provide an embedding of VRS into the scripting language Tcl, called "interactive VRS".
More information is available at the web site of VRS http://www.vrs3d.org
LICENSING
VRS is distributed under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License, read the file copyright-template.txt for more information. If you require special licensing, please contact us.
Some files are copyrighted by others. They contain prominent notice of their licensing terms at the top and are not covered by the GNU LGPL unless explicitly stated.
INSTALLATION
For Windows installation please refer to the INSTALL.win32 file in the VRS root directory.
Linux installation notes can be found in the INSTALL.linux file in the VRS root directory.
DRIVER
Please make sure you have an up-to-date OpenGL driver installed on your system.
VRS uses OpenGL extensions which may not be supported by older drivers.
NVidia users should check for new drivers in the download area of
http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp
ATI users can find recent drivers at
http://www.ati.com/
DOCUMENTATION
See the documentation in this distribution (./doc). The documentation can be build with the source-documentation tool doxygen (http://www.doxygen.org/).
See also our WWW site at http://www.vrs3d.de
BUGS, COMMENTS, SUGGESTIONS
Please let us know all bugs, comments, and suggestions. Use the following mailing address to contact us:
webmaster@vrs3d.org
You are invited to join us in further developing VRS.
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OpenGL are trademarks of Silicon Graphics, Inc.
Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP are trademarks of Microsoft, Inc.
RenderMan is a trademark of Pixar, Inc.