OpenGL Headline News
G3D open source 3D engine C++ library supports OpenGL 2.0
Category: Developers •
Sep 29, 2004
G3D is a BSD open source 3D engine that supports real-time rendering, off-line rendering, back-end game server management of 3D worlds, and use of graphics hardware for general purpose computing. V6.04 adds support for OpenGL 2.0, a new manual, Visual Studio .NET support, depth textures, AABSPTree Frustum Culling, easy-to-use access to programmable hardware, and new demos including a network game infrastructure.
Nvidia GPU Jackpot October 21-22 for developers
Category: Developers •
Sep 29, 2004
The Nvidia GPU Jackpot event Oct 21-22 in Las Vegas is for content developers and artists. The programming track (limited to 80 attendees) includes: Performance and Features of GeForce 6 Series GPUs; Efficient Shadow Generation; Normal Map Compression & Quality; SLI (How to Take Advantage of Multiple GPUs) ; Advanced Performance Tools and Developer Tools and the NVIDIA SDK. The registration fee for the event is $80 and all attendees will receive a GeForce 6 Series GPU
OpenGL API-based audio visualization with iTunes
Category: Applications •
Sep 28, 2004
VizKit is an OpenGL API-based visual plug-in for iTunes. It is published as an open source, cross-platform (Mac/Windows) seedwork. The main features are: Unicode anti-aliased texture of the track title including custom font loading and CoverArt texture generation with QuickTime.
Free DAZ|Studio uses the OpenGL API for digital art scenes
Category: Applications •
Sep 28, 2004
DAZ|Studio is a free application that allows you to easily create beautiful digital art. You can use this software to load in people, animals, vehicles, buildings, props, and accessories to create digital scenes and includes pre-configured 3D scenes, complete with a poseable character, accessories and environments. Thee scenes can easily be manipulated including character poses, shape morphs, model textures, and lighting. It supports OpenGL API rendering and the 3Delight Renderman compliant renderer.
Smode Studio 1.2 “video jockey” application uses the OpenGL API for real-time rendering to music
Category: Applications •
Sep 23, 2004
Smode Studio uses the OpenGL API for real time rendering of visual compositions. It integrates 3D objects (mesh, curve and particle), video and still images and can be controlled via midi, keyboard or a sound analyzer module.
