Simon Haegler wrote: > Aron Bierbaum wrote: > >> Infiscape has been working on a commercial 3D Studio Max >> plugin/exporter. It's original purpose was to allow a user to not only >> export a scene but also connect to a VR system and receive live >> updates from 3D Studio as the user makes changes. You can see some >> models that we exported directly from 3D studio to osb for a demo at: >> >> http://www.infiscape.com/project_retail.php >> >> We also spent a lot of time developing a shader that tries to make the >> export as realistic as possible. In other words, instead of just >> exporting the geometry, color, and diffuse textures we export the >> scene with diffuse, specular, self illumination, opacity, normal, and >> reflection maps. Let me know if there is any interest. >> > > just out of curiosity: back then, did you also consider "verse" [1] [2] for > the > job? according to the website, there is a opensg-verse plugin somewhere... > No. Verse seems to be going after a different type of environment. To me it almost seems like a protocol for sharing graphics between applications. What we created was a plugin to allow 3DS Max to work in an immersive environment. The exporter functionality just came as a side-effect of this effort.
-Allen > regards, > simon > > [1] http://www.uni-verse.org/ > [2] http://verse.blender.org/ > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express > Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take > control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. > http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ > _______________________________________________ > Opensg-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opensg-users > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by DB2 Express Download DB2 Express C - the FREE version of DB2 express and take control of your XML. No limits. Just data. Click to get it now. http://sourceforge.net/powerbar/db2/ _______________________________________________ Opensg-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/opensg-users
