Re: VRML browser via X-Server?

Michael Sweet ([email protected])
Fri, 12 May 1995 21:05:07 -0400

On May 12, 3:20pm, Linas Vepstas wrote:
> ...
> The current implementation of Mesa (a free-ware implementation of an
> OpenGL-like API) is designed so that it uses X11 do do it's drawing.
> It runs & runs well, although I admit I haven't tried it over the net.
> Mesa is a Linux thing, so you need linux. Every OpenGL app that I tried

Mesa is *not* a Linux thing. It will compile on most platforms that support
X. I say most, but I don't know of any that it *won't* compile on.

E&S just announced that they will be selling an OpenGL GLX extension for Linux
and X to provide OpenGL support for standard video cards (+ their Freedom
series I imagine) for $79.95. Maybe this will bring a Linux VRML browser
that much sooner!

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