Re: Distributed applications and Performer

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Len Granowetter (lengrano++at++mak.mak.com)
Thu, 26 Jan 95 15:21:44 -0500


In message <Pine.3.89.9501261204.A635-0100000++at++calvin.ergo.iao.fhg.de> you write
:
>Hello,
>
>Does anyone have pointers, hints or source on how to implement distributed
>applications using Perfomer?
>Thank you very much in advance!

There's been some confusion as to whether you mean a Performer based
application running over several machines, or a Performer-based
application participating in a distributed simulation. Assuming you
mean the latter, we at MaK Technologies might be able to help.

MaK sells a variety of software to aid in the development and
demonstration of networked virtual environments, specifically those in
which participating applications communicate using the DIS
(Distributed Interactive Simulation) protocol.

Our VR-Link DIS Networking Toolkit implements the DIS Protocol, and
serves as an interface between your application code and a DIS
exercise. Our Stealth application uses VR-Link to obtain information
from the DIS network about the states of all of the entities in the
exercise, and uses Performer to interactively provide a visual
representation of the virtual environment.

The Stealth's source code, which is distributed along with the
application (it is based on SGI's perfly example), may also be used as
a starting point for developing other Performer-and-VR-Link-based
applications.

                        -Len Granowetter
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