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.
FRAGG met last weekend in Louisville. Mike, Paul, Chris, Duncan and new member Scott dropped by. Paul discussed JAG. Chris demonstrated iOS development and osgEarth projects. Duncan and Scott both demonstrated somehwat similar projects (Scott using osgEarth) and Mike rounded out the osgEarth-fest with a demonstration of his amassed Colorado dataset. A brief discussion of
Front RAnge Graphics Geeks (FRAGG) will be meeting in Louisville, Colorado on the morning of Saturday April 20th. If you’re interested in attending, please contact us for exact time and location so we can know a headcount for our venue. We have a number of new members, so it should be an interesting get-together with
With the generous cooperation of the original authors, Thomas Klein, Magnus Strengert and Thomas Ertl, we have received the source code to the glslDevil ( http://www.vis.uni-stuttgart.de/glsldevil/ ) GLSL source level debugger. I have uploaded the source as I received it with no modifications, to GitHub: https://github.com/XenonofArcticus/GLSL-Debugger We have not yet even tried to build it.
The Front Range Graphics Geeks met for the first time in 2013 on Saturday Feb 9th in Steamboat Springs, hosted by Mark Mueller. Mark led a tour of his architecturally beautiful highly automated and energy efficient house he is engineering and building and showed his prototype high-temperature dual-mode solar collector design. Mike Weiblen showed off
Check out the new whitepaper on Virtual Planet Builder/OSGDEM.
Check out the new whitepaper on Level of Detail (LOD) in OpenSceneGraph.
As a spin-off of some internal development, our Robot Horde has provided binary builds of Qt 4.8.3 for 32 and 64 bit Linux, MacOSX and Windows (MSVC++ 2008 and 2010) available for free download. Hope on over to the Qt 4.8.3 downloads page and grab whatever release you need. Be sure to read the Build/Usage
