On Mon, 18 Sep 2006, Paul Martz wrote:
I'd like to see OSG get some more legitimacy and recognition. When OSG is
recognized as a successful product with many users, the size of the OSG
community will increase, and as a result, OSG's features, quality, and
long-term stability will also increase.
I have three suggestions to increase OSG's legitimacy:
One, as others have mentioned, would be an actual book on a bookshelf. OSG
is a project who's time has come, and a book would prove that to the world.
I see there's already an extensive thread on this subject, so more on this
in another post.
(On a related note, something that would lend almost as much legitimacy to
OSG would be published articles in online or print trade magazines. This is
something that most anyone in the OSG community could contribute to. It'd
spread the word about OSG and would be a boost to the author's career.)
Two, a course or tutorial at SIGGRAPH, GDC, I/ITSEC, IEEE Vis, or a
conference along those lines. Maybe a couple OSG-based projects displayed in
the Posters section of these conferences. The OSG community has produced a
lot of good work; exhibiting this work at a conference would spread the word
about OSG (and be a boost to your career).
I gave an interactive demonstration of my OSG application at IEEE Vis two
years ago. I mentioned OpenSceneGraph in my poster but because I didn't
have permission to release my application's code the effectiveness of my
presentation was limited.
I would be willing to help with a course or tutorial at Siggraph next year.
It's probably too late for Vis this year (though I will be in attendance).
Three, OSG needs a killer app. An OSG-based application that is both
successful and ground breaking would not only help spread the OSG word, but
would be a real career-booster to the group that developed it. This
experience could then be leveraged in the two areas mentioned above (for
example, the developers could exhibit at a conference and/or write an
article about the app they developed and how it uses OSG).
The common theme here is that all of these things would promote both OSG
itself, as well as the developers who contribute, so there's incentive for
all of us to do what we can in these areas.
These are all excellent ideas. I have in the past pushed for my application
to be released as open source in order to broaden the access to it but
it looks like Google Earth (and to a lesser extent WorldWind) are going
to supply its functionality.
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