AVRIL

AVRIL is a library of C routines for creating Virtual Worlds. The name AVRIL stands for "A Virtual Reality Interface Library".

AVRIL was written by Bernie Roehl, and is designed to be very programmer-friendly.

AVRIL provides a simple and straightforward API. In addition to supporting 3D rendering, it provides drivers for a number of popular VR input devices as well as full documentation on writing additional device drivers.

The main advantages of AVRIL are that it's:

easy to use
portable (versions for other platforms will be available soon)
well-documented
free

AVRIL currently has support for the following products:

CyberMaxx HMD

Virtual i/o HMD

7th Sense HMD

CyberWand

FifthGlove

Logitech Cyberman

Logitech Ultrasonic Tracker

Global Devices Controller

Spaceball

Polhemus Isotrak

Mouse

Keypad (PC only)

Joystick (PC only)

AVRIL is available on the Internet. The current version, 2.0, is the final one. I've shifted all my efforts to working with VRML (and more recently, Java3D), which have all the advantages listed above for AVRIL and lots more besides. There are lots of good authoring tools for VRML, and it's the ideal choice for people with no money to spend.

Effective March 1, 1999 I've made the source code for AVRIL available under the GPL (Gnu Public License).

Last updated March 3, 1999