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view3dscene is a browser for VRML (1.0 and 2.0) and X3D, and a viewer for other 3D model formats (3DS, MD3, Wavefront OBJ, and Collada are handled). It supports viewing the scene in the "Examine" mode and walking in the virtual world with features such as collision detection and gravity. Rendering is done using OpenGL. A built-in ray-tracer allows the generation of images with more effects (like shadows and mirrors) and conforming precisely to the VRML 97 lighting specification. The program can also convert files from 3DS, MD3, and other formats to VRML and pretty-print VRML files. License: GNU General Public License (GPL) Changes:
Collision detection is now fast and accurate even in very dynamic scenes. Changing the Switch node's choice is now very fast, and many other events are significantly optimized. Starting the playback of time-dependent nodes is completely reliable. Dynamic shadows are rendered by view3dscene. The shadowCaster extension was implemented, to explicitly mark which objects cast shadows. The new draw mode allows you to view silhouette and border edges. ProximitySensor.orientation_changed and all of the X3D "event utilities" were implemented. alphaChannel extension was added. The open dialog under GTK 2.14 or later was fixed.



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