vroom

Vroom is a high-level programming framework for developing immersive virtual reality applications. It is written in python and uses the Vrui (Virtual Reality User-Interface) library.

The goal of vroom is to make it easy to visualize and interact with 3D data and simulations. This is what a vroom application looks like.

#!/usr/bin/env vroom
from vroom import *

def init():
   Global.points = []  # list of (x,y,z) position values

   # add a clear button to the main menu
   addMainMenuItem('clear', clear_points)

def clear_points(button):
   # remove all points
   Global.points = []

def display():
   # set up the rendering environment
   lighting(False)
   color(green)

   # draw a wireframe sphere at each point
   draw(sphere, 3.0).for_each(Global.points)

def button_press(pos, button);
   # add a point whenever the user presses a button
   Global.points.append(pos)

Installation

On Ubuntu, vroom can be installed from the [KeckCAVES PPA][keckcaves-ppa].

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:keckcaves/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install vroom

Example Programs

Check out the vroom example programs repository for more examples of using vroom. There is a package available in the [KeckCAVES PPA][keckcaves-ppa].

sudo apt-get install vroom-examples

Learn More

Documentation for vroom can be found here.