User`s guide

7 Viewing Virtual Worlds
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Specify Rendering Techniques
You can change the rendering of the scene through the controls on the navigation panel
or options on the rendering menu. The vrpend and vrplanets examples are used to
show the viewer's functionality.
You can turn the antialiasing of the scene on or off. Antialiasing applies to the textures
of a world. Antialiasing is a technique that attempts to smooth the appearance of jagged
lines. These jagged lines are the result of a printer or monitor's not having enough
resolution to represent a line smoothly. When Antialiasing is on, the jagged lines are
surrounded by shades of gray or color. Therefore, the lines appear smoother rather than
jagged.
The following figure depicts the vrplanets example View on Earth viewpoint with
Antialiasing on. To better display the effects of antialiasing, turn Headlight on. You
can turn antialiasing on or off to observe the differences.