Cruz
4th April 2012, 11:38
Hello!
This question may be a bit off topic, but I'm hoping that there are people with the right skills reading this forum who can give me advice.
I'm looking for some kind of a 3D graphics engine for the visualization of scientific physical simulation experiments. Unfortunately I don't even know what a 3D graphics engine precisely is. I'm currently using libQGLViewer, which is an awesome little tool that helps me calculate kinematics and provides a basic OpenGL setup, but I still have to write the OpenGL code myself. And since the requirements are accumulating, such as shadows, transparency and fast rendering, I would like to break free from having to study and implement all these concepts myself and use a more sophisticated graphics engine. I have seen things like Ogre 3D, Irrlicht, Horde 3D and OpenSG out there, but I'm not sure what they really offer and how to choose the right one for my needs. Can anyone please give me enlightening advice and point me to useful articles I can read about this topic?
Thanks
Cruz
This question may be a bit off topic, but I'm hoping that there are people with the right skills reading this forum who can give me advice.
I'm looking for some kind of a 3D graphics engine for the visualization of scientific physical simulation experiments. Unfortunately I don't even know what a 3D graphics engine precisely is. I'm currently using libQGLViewer, which is an awesome little tool that helps me calculate kinematics and provides a basic OpenGL setup, but I still have to write the OpenGL code myself. And since the requirements are accumulating, such as shadows, transparency and fast rendering, I would like to break free from having to study and implement all these concepts myself and use a more sophisticated graphics engine. I have seen things like Ogre 3D, Irrlicht, Horde 3D and OpenSG out there, but I'm not sure what they really offer and how to choose the right one for my needs. Can anyone please give me enlightening advice and point me to useful articles I can read about this topic?
Thanks
Cruz