Links

Polygon Simplification/Level Of Detail/Progressive Meshes

• Mesh Algorithms
• http://research.microsoft.com/~hoppe/#pm
• LOD Book
• http://www.rational-reducer.com/display.asp
• http://www.realax.com/
• http://www.pojar.net./ProgressiveMesh/

3D Graphics for Mobile Devices

• The Khronos Group
• PocketGL for MS Pocket PC
• MiniGL for Palm OS
• Cortona VRML Client for PocketPC
• Java JSR 184

Environment Monitoring

Windows

• Useful System Calls (Search on MSDN, http://www.msdn.com): GetSystemInfo(), GetSystemMetrics(), GetCurrentHwProfile(), GlobalMemoryStatusEx(), GetSystemPowerStatus()
• Useful Registry Entries: HKEY_DYN_DATA\PerfStats on Windows 95/98/Me and HKEY_PERFORMANCE_DATA on Windows NT/2000/XP

Linux

• The /proc file system
  • /proc/meminfo
  • /proc/cpuinfo
  • /proc/loadavg
  • /proc/net/dev (for basic network statistics about network adapters)
  • files under /proc/net for more detailed network statistics
• Creating shared libraries

Palm OS

Windows CE

3D Browsers

• VRWeb
• Blaxxun Contact browser
• Xj3D
• Open VRML browser
• FreeWRL browser
• http://www.web3d.org/fs_source_code.htm
• Cosmo Player
• Terra Vision

3D Model Converters

• Cyberware
• http://www.3dlinks.com/software_converters.cfm
• SGI
• http://www.cs.kuleuven.ac.be/~graphics/XRML
• Web3D List
• Okino

Device/Channel Constraints Information

• Linux
  • The /proc file system
• Windows (Please search for the following on MSDN)
  • WMI
  • Windows System Information API
  • Windows Registry Interface (HKEY_DYN_DATA key)
  • More links, probably some with code samples ??

Miscellaneous

• 3D Cafe
• VRML Works
• Viewpoint

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