Brian Corrie (bcorrie++at++cs.anu.edu.au)
Thu, 23 Apr 1998 09:11:53 +1000
> Hello Everybody,
>
> Next week the ITEC conference will be held in Lausanne
> (Switzerland) from April 28-30.
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> We will be discussing several of the new features in Performer
> 2.2, including Clipmapping, ASD and Calligraphics. Other topics
> will include a discussion of the Performer product roadmap and
> Performer's evolution in light of Fahrenheit. There will be time
> to answer any questions you may have.
I, and I am sure many others, would be very interested in hearing about SGI's
roadmap for Performer, Optimizer, OpenGL, OpenGL++, etc., with respect to
Fahrenheit. Is it possible that some details could be posted to this list
(from you or someone else at SGI) as well. We were hoping to see an initial
release of OpenGL++ in the next couple of months, but according to the OpenGL
ARB meeting minutes from March 9-10
(http://www.opengl.org/ARB/Notes/Meeting1.2/meeting_note_10-03-98.html)
Kurt Akeley (at least so the minutes say, I wasn't there...) says that "SGI
will no longer be able to push OpenGL++ (though they have no objection to
others picking up the work). Resources are committed to work with Microsoft
and HP on the scene graph and large model visualization APIs." Does this mean
that we will be waiting for the Fahrenheit scene graph as opposed to OpenGL++?
> To be assured of a seat, please come to the SGI stand on the show
> floor to get a ticket for this meeting - hurry because it's first
> come first serve!
If I was there, I would be asking the above question 8-) We have been
developing some software under the assumption that OpenGL++ would be available
sometime near the middle of this year. This has a fairly significant impact on
some our plans and I have not been able to find out any information through
our normal SGI channels.
Thanks in advance for any information you can provide.
Brian
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