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3 June 2001

Here's a list of stuff we're either working on, will be working on,
or is otherwise a gaping hole in functionality in OpenRM.

1. File loaders/writers
   We have added support for JPEG & PPM i/o, but there are many other
   popular image formats to support, as well as support for geometric
   model loaders, and support for OpenRM native binary save/restore.

2. CVS Access
   In time, we'll move the CVS repository to sourceforge.net for
   general access.

3. Intersection/collision detection.
   The idea is to quickly determine whether or not some point or volume
   in space intersects anything in the scene, and if so, what and
   where.  We will be investigating this work as part of a Phase II SBIR project.

4. Texture paging/texture management.
   There is none at this time. Either all the textures fit or they don't.
   This area obviously needs work.

5. Statistics & Performance measurement
   Will appear in the future.

6. Documentation
   In addition to the online man pages, R3vis Corp is expected to
   release a comprehensive OpenRM/RM Scene Graph Programming Guide
   around December of 2001.

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