Angus Dorbie (dorbie++at++multipass)
Mon, 24 Nov 1997 11:25:54 -0800
I'm surprised you couldn't find anyone who knew about
Performer, I know Javier was at the show, as were
other engineers on occasion. He was probably too busy
showing of the Reality Monster :-)
The simple answer is not soon, but it depends on the
application. Optimizer is more suited for digital prototyping
& CAD applications so in that respect it has replaced
Performer, however for Visual Simulation you wouldn't
dream of using Optimizer and it will never replave
Performer there although something else ultimately will.
Our road maps have indicated for some time that new
libraries are under development to better cover broader
markets, and details on Performer vs Optimizer have
already been posted to info-performer.
Optimizer has been viewed by some as interesting for
scientific visualization, and I've heard that this is
a possible use for Optimizer although that functionality
may ultimately be a separate part of the bigger API
picture.
Cheers,Angus.
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