Being able to display graphics in the browsers is key, and things have improved a *lot* since we settled on jmol (which has served us well and was the best option at the time).
I'm surprised no one's yet mentioned https://plus.google.com/115360165819500279592/posts/WkY7mQ6ju2u which is extremely relevant. On Mon, Sep 16, 2013 at 2:21 PM, Greg Laun <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey everyone, > > Thanks for all the input. I'll share the discussion with my student and > I'll send an update to this thread once we've decided what direction to go > in. > > - Greg > > > On Friday, September 13, 2013 2:10:16 PM UTC-4, Greg Laun wrote: >> >> I have a student who specializes in 3d graphics (in particular writing >> very fast physics and game engines) who has expressed interest in >> contributing to Sage. From the sound of it, it would be very simple for him >> to implement fast, responsive interactive 3d graphics, which I for one would >> definitely like to see. I realize we have jmol, but it currently has a long >> load time. >> >> The only issue is I don't know enough about the status of sage's 3d >> graphics to know where to start. Is there a 3d graphic wish list, or any >> tickets that describe what features a 3d graphics system needs? Are >> separate native implementations in Windows, OSX and Linux okay, or do we >> need something like Java that is truly platform agnostic? >> >> As a user, my ideal would be 3d and 2d graphics that update in real time >> with the interact command. Mathematica has the edge here, and it would go a >> long way toward drawing some users away from Mathematica if we could compete >> in this arena. >> >> Thanks, >> >> Greg > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "sage-devel" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "sage-devel" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
