From: Allan Schaffer (allan++at++sgi.com)
Date: 12/19/2002 23:10:02
Performers,
SGI is very pleased to announce, OpenGL Performer 3.0 is released!
The web downloads for IRIX, Linux, and Windows OS
platforms are all available. Please visit the web site:
http://www.sgi.com/software/performer/
Here's some of what's new in Performer 3.0. Check it out:
- New support for Microsoft Windows NT, Windows 2000, and Windows
XP platforms
- New libpfv library that provides a modular high-level
infrastructure for rapid construction and extension of OpenGL
Performer applications; the library contains an extensible
collection of modules for display control, model manipulation,
navigation, picking, and other customizations
- A new approach to Image Based Rendering (IBR) using an
"Image Based Rendering Proxy," which is a technique enabling
simplified ("proxy") versions of a complex object to be
combined with Image Based Rendering to create incredibly
realistic yet low-cost LODs
- Additional Image Based Rendering enhancements for mip-mapping
in traditional IBR models, new fast-blending modes, and
control of the camera positions when capturing IBR objects
- New cull helper process called the Cull Sidekick, which
allows the application to use spare CPU resources to further
refine the results of the Performer CULL process; additional
calculations, such as per-primitive frustum culling, backface
culling, etc., can be performed on geometry which passes the
normal tests, thereby reducing the rendering load further
for the DRAW process
- Further extensions to the Cull program functionality first
introduced in OpenGL Performer 2.5 to enable occluded objects
to be culled from the scene
- Support for controlling the Onyx InfinitePerformance
Compositor, including the ability to perform dynamic load
balancing on multiple pipes based on the OpenGL Performer
stress functionality
- Direct integration of OpenGL Shader 3.0 including the
ability to use OpenGL Shader "isl" objects natively in OpenGL
Performer
- Integration with OpenGL Multipipe SDK 2.1.1 providing a
reader for the configuration file format
All of these new features are described in greater detail in the
product release notes and in the on-line programming guides.
In the next message: details regarding licensing, technical
support, and upgrades.
Enjoy!
The Performer Team ++at++ SGI
-- Allan Schaffer allan++at++sgi.com Engr. Manager, Core Rendering 1-650-933-2160 Silicon Graphics http://www.sgi.com
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