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AlphaPixel recently delivered a document automation tool for an environmental decision support system for Praxik LLC of Ames, Iowa. Praxik is developing tools to assist the agricultural sector in compliance with environmental regulation and mitigation and AlphaPixel is delivering a number of GIS technology components to support them. More info about these projects will be

FRAGG met this past weekend in Louisville. Mike, Paul, Chris, Dustin attended. Paul demonstrated JAG and OpenGL 4 A-buffer rendering. Dustin showed a GUI shader editor. Chris demonstrated iOS OSG development and RTLSDR Software Defined Radio. Mike showed off his Raspberry Pi in an Otterbox with LCD display, running OpenGL ES1/2 demo apps. No photos

AlphaPixel just released the full source to the OSG Transparency Toolkit, a library with demo applications that implements multiple transparency techniques in an easy-to-use library with demo applications. osgTT currently offers the following transparency modes: None, Depth Sorted (aka normal OSG transparency), Delayed Blend (an unsorted method) and Depth Peeling (unsorted). Read all about osgTT

AlphaPixel recently completed work on several developments for a confidential aerospace startup, including a library for interfacing with GPS/INS devices called DynamicTrack. While the core software for this client was proprietary and still under non-disclosure, the client gratefully agreed to place the DynamicTrack library under an Open Source license (MIT) to allow it to be

AlphaPixel recently completed the second phase of development of the Virtual Paint spray-coating application training system for University of Northern Iowa’s Iowa Waste Reduction Center and Iowa State University. Read all about this sophisticated training simulation and how AlphaPixel helped develop and deliver it.