Additionally, the Bullet physics engine has an OpenCL pipeline so it can be hardware accelerated on all of the various GPUs.
-- mb On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 7:25 AM, Sarge Misfit <[email protected]>wrote: > Tranquility Dexler has been working to implement PhysX on InWorldz, which > is OpenSim based. So it seems to me that PhysX can be used with OpenSim on > the server-side. They''ll be running tests on thier Beta grid tomorrw, as a > matter of fact. Tranq is very approachable so he might be willing to give > you a few tips. > > > > On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 5:23 AM, Nebadon Izumi <[email protected]>wrote: > >> Joshua, >> >> OpenSimulator has 2 physics engines that are not built from scratch for >> OpenSim, the 1st is Open Dynamics Engine (ODE), and the second is Bullet >> which is also a widely used physics engine. Both have been modified for >> use with OpenSimulator but are not built from scratch specifically for this >> project. >> >> R.Gunther, >> There is a software/CPU version of PhysX a well as GPu based versions, >> you would likely need to get the software version working before you would >> even think about adding GPu support for it. >> >> >> On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 7:50 AM, R.Gunther <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Correct me if am wrong. >>> But PhysX is videocard based. So lets say PhysX works only client side. >>> In that case i dont see how you want to use it with opensim. Serverside >>> is not a good idea. many dedicated servers dont have >>> Graphics onboard with PhysX support. So it would only work for people >>> that have the right card installed. >>> >>> >>> On 2012-10-18 13:34, Joshua Rubeck wrote: >>> >>> It appears to be that OpenSimulator has its own built from scratch >>> physics engine. My question is would it be possible to use(of course >>> applying the proper development to it) the Nvidia PhysX engine? It was one >>> of the things my grid admins have been discussing but they arent sure if >>> its possible to use, its a free software but that doesnt mean it will work >>> with the type of platform OpenSim is. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Opensim-users mailing >>> [email protected]https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users >>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Opensim-users mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Michael Emory Cerquoni >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Opensim-users mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users >> > > > _______________________________________________ > Opensim-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.berlios.de/mailman/listinfo/opensim-users >
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