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swsmith
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11 years ago

Best way to get up and running with lwjgl?

I've just ordered my SDK2 and wan't to get something working prior to it's arrival. I like to develop in Java and have a strong preference for a minimum of wrapper libraries/frameworks, and was wonde...
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rupy
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11 years ago
I have been using the JMonkey JNI API so far with the DK1 because it's the only driver that has quaternion with compiled Win binary:

https://code.google.com/p/jmonkeyengine-oculus-rift/

Seems it's getting some attention lately, so hopefully I will be able to stick with it once DK2 comes out.

The trick is you need to use quaternion, and landing on your feet with those can be hard since sometimes the coordinate system is not the same, see my post here:

viewtopic.php?f=39&t=5967

I use viewports to render the stereoscopic view, has issues on Mac, not tested on Linux:

viewtopic.php?f=20&t=88&start=20#p84536

Also there is some resistance in official support towards Java, even after Minecraft:

viewtopic.php?f=39&t=6022

Edit: Apparently Stella Artois has been busy building all OS binaries for their JRift implementation one month ago:

https://github.com/mabrowning/JRift

I will try it immediately!

Edit: Ok JRift now has quaternion, builds for all OSes and it works!