OpenGL/3D

Michael Rueger m.rueger at acm.org
Fri Jan 12 14:09:22 UTC 2007


Bert Freudenberg wrote:
> An alternative is still Balloon3D, which you can install from Squeakmap. 
> It's a graphics engine with software rendering, OpenGL and DirectX 
> support. I just tried on my Mac, and it worked fine, including HW 
> acceleration. Unfortunately, it seems nobody is actively developing it 
> at the moment. IMHO it could still be evolved into a very nice 
> cross-platform 3D graphics solution for Squeak, but it would take some 
> dedication ...

At Impara we are using Balloon3D, but haven't (yet) put any effort into 
extending the plugin itself. We are mainly using it for gaining access 
to hardware accelerated graphics.

Michael



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