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Mar 8, 2000, 1:06am

I seem to recall there once was an X window manager that used 3d
graphics/virtual reality. Something similiar was used in the movie Jurassic
Park, although I think the movie version was heavily modified for the "movie
effect". Does anyone know what the window manager was called? Also if you
know where it is or if it is still available, that'll save me a little in
searching.

Someone was asking about a stand-alone version of AW, which I believe is
possible if all of the data is in the cache. AW will use the cache if you
decline or are unable to login to the server. Now, I was thinking that is
would be interesting to make a window manager out of the AW browser. With a
few modifications, you could have your own private world of any size.
Granted, I'm not sure how productive I would be in a VR world. Perhaps it
is nothing more than the cool factor. :o)

-- serac

Mar 8, 2000, 10:03am

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I've heard of Xdm3d, a replacement for X Display Manager with 3D effects,
that should come with NetBSD and the Red Hat Linux distribution.
And then there is Xaw3d, cool name but unfortunately nothing to do with AW,
just a more Motif-like widget library instead of the Athena one.
Jurassic Park used Silicon Graphics' 3D File System Navigator for IRIX:
http://www.sgi.com/fun/freeware/3d_navigator.html

--
Mauz
http://tnlc.com/mauz/

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