[hemmerling] 3D Graphics Frameworks

Related pages:

• Game Engines.
• The Virtual World.
• Virtual Reality & Graphics.

• The Khronos Group.
  • OpenGL ES - The Standard for Embedded Accelerated 3D Graphics.
• OpenGL - The Industry's Foundation for High Performance Graphics.
  • OpenGL "GLUT - The OpenGL Utility Toolkit".
  • OpenGL "OpenGL Coding Resources".
  • OpenGL Wiki
    • OpenGL Wiki "Language bindings".
• SourceForge "freeglut - The Free OpenGL Utility Toolkit", SourceForge "freeglut" - “A completely OpenSourced alternative to the OpenGL Utility Toolkit (GLUT) library”.
• George Stetten, Korin Crawford "GlutMaster" - “A very simple C++ wrapper for GLUT”.
• Nigel Steward.
  • Nigel Steward "GLT OpenGL C++ Toolkit".
  • SourceForge "GLUI User Interface Library", SourceForge "GLUI User Interface Library".
  • SourceForge "OpenGLUT", SourceForge "OpenGLUT" - “An open source evolution of the GLUT API”.

• Web3D Consortium.
• Learning WebGL. 3D Programming for the Web.
  • Blog Learning WebGL. 3D Programming for the Web - Blog.
• Conference FroSCOn in St. Augustin, 2014-08-23 - 2014-08-24.
  • Speech “Create a 3D WebGL scene in half an hour!” by Jens Arps, Google+ "Jens Arps", Twitter "Jens Arps, @jensarps", blog Jens Arp - Blog.
  • SlideShare, Jens Arps "Create an Interactive 3D WebGL Scene".
    1. Get a model.
       1. Get a CAD model from Model Repositories.
          • TurboSquid - 3D Models for Professionals.
          • TF3DM - 3D Models for free.
       2. Convert Game Assets ( “Lightwave” (.obj + .mtl), COLLADA (.dae) ).
          • Google "3D Warehouse" - Database of CAD models made with “Sketchup”.
       3. Tools ( Blender, Meshlab ).
    2. Loading into WebGL.
       1. WebGL Wrappers/Libraries.
          • three.js.
            • Google+ "three.js".
            • Three.js Games.
              • Three.js Games "THREEx -Game Extensions for Three.js.
          • http://www.babylonjs.com/Babylon.js.
          • GLGE - not applicable?!.
       2. User input.
          • GitHub "jensarps/decoupled-input" - “Input handling for HTML5 games done right.”
       3. Adding some spice.
       4. HTML goodness.
          • GitHub "toji/game-shim" - “Browser shims to normalize game-centric API”.
       5. Collision detection.
  • GitHub "jensarps/cgnjs-feb-2014" - “Please note that the goal of the presentation was to show how quickly one can setup a 3D scene”.
  • Demo GitHub.io, Jens Arp "Shooting At Things on Mars" for Chrome browser.
• EN.Wikipedia "Web3D", DE.Wikipedia "Web3D".
• EN.Wikipedia "Web3D Consortium".

• W3C "WebGPU".
• Experts told me, WebGPU is the successor of Web3D.
• EN.Wikipedia "WebGPU", DE.Wikipedia "WebGPU".

• Project Kenai "NetBeans OpenGL Pack".

• See Distributed Computing & Parallel Computing.

• Fast Light Toolkit (FLK), pronounced “fulltick”.
  • Fast Light Toolkit "Using OpenGL in FLTK".
  • “It provides modern GUI functionality without the bloat and supports 3D graphics via OpenGL and its built-in GLUT emulation”.
  • “FLTK also includes an excellent UI builder called FLUID that can be used to create applications in minutes”.
• KHOROS Group - Open Standards for Media Authoring and Acceleration "OpenML" - “The Standard for Dynamic Media Authoring”.
  • EN.Wikipedia "OpenML".
• QT "QtOpenGL Module" - “It offers classes that make it easy to use OpenGL in Qt applications”.

• The commercial Coin3D - “3D Graphics Development Kit”, “Fully backward compatible with Open Inventor 2.1”.
  • The OpenSource “Coin3D/Voleon Free Edition (GPL)”.
• SourceForge "Coindesigner", SourceForge "Coindesigner" - A RAD (rapid application development) system to build 3D applications using Coin3D openInventor.
• The OpenSource SGI Open Inventor.
  • SGI techpubs library "Open Inventor C++ Reference Pages".
  • Studierstube Augmented Reality Project "OpenInventor".
    • “GlutMaster provides an adaptor for combining OpenInventor and GLUT”.
  • EN.Wikipedia "Open Inventor", DE.Wikipedia "Open Inventor".
• The OpenSource OpenSceneGraph - “An object-oriented 3D toolkit offering a comprehensive solution to interactive graphics programming problems”.
  • OpenSceneGraph Help (osgHelp).
  • EN.Wikipedia "OpenSceneGraph", DE.Wikipedia "OpenSceneGraph".
• The OpenSource OpenSG.
  • EN.Wikipedia "OpenSG".
• The free NVIDIA SceniX - “Scene management engine”.
• The commercial Visualisation Sciences Group (VSG) "Open Inventor by VSG" - “3D Graphics Toolkit for Industrial-Strength Application Development”.
• EN.Wikipedia "Scene graph", DE.Wikipedia "Szenengraph".
  • The OpenSource Simple DirectMedia Layer ( SDL ) - “A cross-platform development library designed to provide low level access to audio, keyboard, mouse, joystick, and graphics hardware via OpenGL and Direct3D”.

• O-O Graphics Rendering Engine (OGRE), SourceForge "OGRE (O-O Graphics Rendering Engine)", SourceForge "OGRE (O-O Graphics Rendering Engine)" - “Open Source 3D Graphics Engine”.

• The free “Inflexion UI for i.MX Processors”.
  • freescale "Inflexion UI for i.MX Processors by Mentor Embedded".
  • Mentor Graphics "Inflexion UI for i.MX Processors".
• EB, Elektrobit Inc. "EB GUIDE" - “Integrated tool chain for developing multi-modal HMIs”.

• gamedev.net Forum, Thread "OpenGL ES 2.0 Emulator".
• EN.Wikipedia "ANGLE (software)".

• Microsoft MSDN Library "OpenGL".
• NeHe Productions "OpenGL tutorials".
• EN.Wikipedia "OpenGL", DE.Wikipedia "OpenGL".
• EN.Wikipedia "freeglut".
• EN.Wikipedia "OpenGL ES".
• EN.Wikipedia "OpenGL Utility Toolkit", DE.Wikipedia "OpenGL Utility Toolkit".

• Microsoft MSDN "DirectX Developer Center".
• Microsoft "DirectX", Games for Windows Marketplace "DirectX".
• Microsoft MSDN "Microsoft DirectX 9 Developer FAQ".
• Downloads.
  • DirectX 9.0c Redistributable, October 2006, is the latest version for installation on Win98SE.
    • DirectX End-User Runtimes (October 2006) for Win98SE, W2k.
  • DirectX 9.0c Redistributable, August 2007, is the latest version for installation on W2k.
    • DirectX End-User Runtimes (August 2007) for W2k.
  • DirectX 9.0c SDK, December 2004, is the latest version for installation on W2k.
    • DirectX Software Development Kit, June 2010, for WinXP.
    • DirectX 9.0 SDK Update - (December 2004).
    • DirectX 9.0 SDK Update (December 2004) Extras.
    • DirectX 9.0 SDK Update (December 2004) Symbol Files.
    • DirectX 9.0 SDK Update - (December 2004) - “Readme” files.
  • Microsoft "DirectX End-User Runtime Web Installer" - “The Microsoft DirectX End-User Runtime installs a number of runtime libraries from the legacy DirectX SDK for some games that use D3DX9, D3DX10, D3DX11, XAudio 2.7, XInput 1.3, XACT, and/or Managed DirectX 1.1. Note that this package does not modify the DirectX Runtime installed on your Windows OS in any way”.
• Microsoft MSDN Webcasts "3D-Grafik-Programmierung mit DirectX".
• The Code Project "Invasion - C# Style".
• “Alky Project” by Cody Brocious (Daeken) - DirectX 9L & DirectX 10 for WinXP.
  • Github "Alky-Reborn".
  • Alky Project, Falling Leaf Systems.
  • Technospot.net "Download DirectX 10 for Windows XP from Alky Project".
  • Blog TechMixer - Tech makes life difference "Download DirectX 10 for Windows XP" - “Latest DirectX 10 XP installer patch that easily installing all the important DirectX10 DLL on Windows XP 32. Meanwhile, this DirectX10 installer program support Windows 2000 and Windows 2003”.
  • Pro-Linux "Projekt Alky eingestellt", 2008-01-07.
  • Blog Cody Brocious (Daeken) - I, Hacker "Alky Postmortem", 2009-12-27.
• EN.Wikipedia "DirectX", DE.Wikipedia "DirectX", EN.Wikipedia "Managed DirectX".

• Microsoft XNA Developer Center.
• MonoXNA.
  • MonoXNA uses OpenGL for 3D support.
  • Google Code "monoxna".
• Book Benjamin Nitschke: "Professional Xna Game Programming for Xbox 360 and Windows".
• Microsoft App Hub - “Develop for WIndows Phone and XBOX 360”.
• XNAProjects - “Submit your XNA Games !”.
• Dream.Build.Play Challenge 2011 ( formerly: Microsoft XNA Game Studio Contest ).

• WineHQ - “Führt Windows-Anwendungen unter Linux, BSD, Solaris und Mac OS X aus”.
• SourceForge "Wine Is Not an Emulator", SourceForge "Wine Is Not an Emulator".
• EN.Wikipedia "Wine (software)", DE.Wikipedia "Wine".

• TransGaming Inc..
• heise "DirectX-API für Linux: Neuer Name, neue Spiele", 2004-06-22.
• EN.Wikipedia "Cedega (software)", DE.Wikipedia "Cedega (Software)".

• The commercial Codeweavers “CrossOver”.
• EN.Wikipedia "CrossOver", DE.Wikipedia "CrossOver".

• The Open Toolkit ( OpenTK ) in C#.
• GitHub "opentk".
• SourceForge "The Open Toolkit library", SourceForge "The Open Toolkit library".
• EN.Wikipedia "Tao Framework" - “Tao Framework has been superseded by OpenTK”.

• GLFW in C.
• SourceForge "GLFW", SourceForge "GLFW - Multi-platform library providing OpenGL, windows and input".
• GitHub "glfw".
• EN.Wikipedia "GLFW".

• SlimDX.
• Google Code "slimdx. A framework for DirectX based applications in the .NET Framework 2.0 and up" - “While SlimDX is similar to Managed DirectX, it is NOT intended to be the same API”.
• Twitter "SlimDX".
• Book Michael Fontanini: "Game Development with SlimDX".
• XNA.mag - Artikel, samples, Forum und mehr!.
  • XNA.mag - Artikel, samples, Forum und mehr! "SlimDX".
• EN.Wikipedia "SlimDX".

• SharpDX.
• GitHub "sharpdx".
• Google Code "sharpdx. Managed DirectX - The power of DirectX for C#/.Net" - “A free and active open-source project that is delivering a full-featured Managed DirectX API”.
• Developer blog Alexandre Mutel - code4k. DirectX and C#/.NET ( - 2013-04 ).
• Twitter "SharpDX".
• EN.Wikipedia "SharpDX".

• Microsoft DevCenter.
• Microsoft Developer Network "XNA Developers Center".
• XVT 2010 "XNAVideoTutorial" - free video tutorials.
• CodePlex XNACommunity.
• RB Whitaker's Wiki. A Game Development Launchpad "XNA Tutorials".
• XNA Meeting Point. Multi language XNA tutorials meeting point.
• EN.Wikipedia "Microsoft XNA", DE.Wikipedia "XNA (Microsoft)" - “According to an email sent on 31 January 2013, XNA is no longer actively being developed, and it is not supported under the new 'Metro interface' layers of Windows 8 nor on the Windows RT platform”.

• MonoGame.
  • “These are the technologies we use under the hood, that make our API so cross-platform”:
    • OpenTK.
    • SharpDX.
    • Google Code "lidgren-network-gen3. Lidgren networking library generation 3".
• GitHub "MonoGame".
• CodePlex "MonoGame - Write Once, Play Everywhere".
• Twitter " MonoGame MonoGame ".
• YouTube Channel "MonoGameTeam".
• EN.Wikipedia "MonoGame".

• See other section on this page about OpenGL.

• Futuremark Corporation for WinXp.
  • My personal results, with my hardware.

• MAXON CINEBENCH for WinXP.
  • MAXON CINEBENCH R.10 was the latest release for W2k.

• ComputerBase "Downloads: System" - Download of several 3D benchmarks for Windows.
• 3D Chip - The Graphics & Hardwareguide "Grafikkarten-Rangliste Leistungübersicht aktueller und älterer Desktop Grafikchips".

• There is no “DirectX 10” for WinXP, W2k .
• The latest ATI graphics drivers for W2k, “Catalyst 6.2” don't support “Radeon HD 2600” or “Radeon HD 2400”.
• GeCube GC-RX24PGA2-D3 ( GeCube Radeon HD 2400 Pro ).
• PowerColor ATI Radeon HD 2600 XT.
• Sapphire HD2600 Pro AGP.
• Geizhals.AT "2600 pro AGP" ( Shader 4 ) - there are models with 512 MB RAM.
• Geizhals.AT "2400 pro AGP" ( Shader 4 ) - there are models with 512 MB RAM.

• Geizhals.AT "x850+agp".
• Geizhals.AT "Palit/XpertVision Radeon X850 XT, 256MB GDDR3, VGA, DVI, TV-out, AGP (AA-X850XT+TD22)" ( 256 MB, Shader 2 ).
• Geizhals.AT "7900+agp".
• Geizhals.AT "XFX GeForce 7900 GS 450M, 512MB GDDR3, 2x DVI, TV-out, AGP (PV-T71K-UDF7)" ( 512 MB, Shader 3 ).

• There are 6800GS models for “AGP Pro” with 512 MB RAM, 256 bit memory bus. The 6800GS however is one of the “few” 6800 models which is not supported by Nvidia's Win98SE drivers .
• Geizhals.AT "6800+agp" ( 256 MB, Shader 3 ).
• Hardwareschotte "6800+agp".
• eBay.DE "6800+agp".

• Geizhals.AT "6600+agp" ( 256 MB, Shader 3 ).
• Hardwareschotte "6600+agp".
• eBay.DE "6600+agp".
• Geizhals.AT "9800+agp".
• eBay.DE "9600+256+agp".
• Geizhals.AT "PowerColor Radeon 9800, 256MB DDR, DVI, TV-out, AGP (R98E-PD3)" ( 256 MB, Shader 2 ) - there are other models with 256 bit memory bus.

• Steven Nikkel "AGP Compatibility".

• EN.Wikipedia "Simple DirectMedia Layer", DE.Wikipedia "Simple DirectMedia Layer".
  • Howard Wen, O'Reilly Linuxdevcenter SDL "The DirectX Alternative", 2001-09-21.

• Loft Film. Jonas Eisert - “Einen Erklärfilm entfernt vom Erfolg. Bringe deine Traumkunden dazu, mit dir in Kontakt zu treten – ohne auf Messen zu gehen oder Kaltakquise zu betreiben”.
• Viddyoze - The World's Easiest Video Animation Software. Creates Professional Quality Animations In Under 2 Minutes.
  • Viddyoze "Special Offers".

• Blog Steve Riley - Programming Matters. My thoughts on all things technical, programming and otherwise "Scenegraphs and Openscenegraph for 3D Software Development".
• Search results.
  • freshmeat - search "OpenGL", freshmeat - search "DirectX".
  • Google "DirectX", Google "DirectX".
  • beise iX-Suche "DirectX", *beise iX-Suche "DirectX".
  • SourceForge "DirectX", SourceForge "DirectX".
• EN.Wikipedia "List of 3D graphics libraries".

• 3D Chip - The Graphics & Hardwareguide.
• Microsoft MSDN "App Hub Forums".
• CodePlex "MonoGame - Write Once, Play Everywhere" Discussions.
• Delphi OpenGL Community.
  • Delphi OpenGL Community, Forum.
  • DGL Wiki.
• Facebook.
  • Facebook "Game Development with Slimdx Game Development with Slimdx".
  • Facebook "MonoGame".
• Facepunch - “We're an independent game development studio”.
  • Archive.org "Facepunch Forum" as of 2019-06-12.
  • Reddit "Facepunch forums are shutting down tomorrow, need your help archiving it!", 2019-06.
• GameDev.net Forums.
  • Gamedev.net Forums, Subforum "DirectX and XNA" - Discussion about SlimDX as well.
• Google Groups "slimdx-devel".
• Khronos Group - Message Boards.
• OpenGL Wiki.
• OpenTK Forums.
• Visualisation Sciences Group "Open Inventor Forum", Visualisation Sciences Group "Open Inventor Forum".
• OpenSceneGraph Help (osgHelp).
  • OpenSceneGraph Forum.
• NVIDIA Forums.
  • NVIDIA Registered Developer Application. Registered Developer Program.
• Phoronix Forums - Subforum “OpenGL, Mesa & Gallium3D”.
• The read-only closed SharpDX Forum.
• SourceForge "GLFW - Multi-platform library providing OpenGL, windows and input" Forum.
• The forum The VG Resource - Sprites, Models, Textures....
• WineHQ Forums.
• XNA.mag Forum.
  • XNA.mag Forum, Subforum "SlimDX".

• OpenDirectory "Top: World: Computers: Programming: Graphics: Libraries: OpenGL".
• OpenDirectory "Top: World: Computers: Programming: Graphics: Libraries: DirectX".