RE: [Algorithms] FW: [CsMain] Scene Graphs

[Stefan B. <ste...@te...>]

> > It might be dead as an API. But the interfaces and the
> > architecture have a lot of good stuff in it. We should study it. I
> > think.

> Ive just searched the web for any info on the Fahrenheit Scenegraph API,
> without luck, does anyone have links or documents?

  Unfortunately, the SDK is not publically available at this time, even
though it has gone past beta. So unless you were on the beta you're
basically out of luck. Since it's not publically available, I'm not sure how
much detail I could go into with regards to useful innovations within XSG
compared to previous scene graph designs.

  As the original poster says there are some quite interesting design ideas
contained within XSG, but also some awkward things that can make it hard to
work with. It's a very ambitious design, which tries to solve all problems
for everyone and all types of applications. It comes quite close, actually,
but doesn't reach the target, IMHO.

  Maybe the next generation of scene graphs will get closer. It seems like
the problems with scene graphs aren't quite well-understood yet to make an
API that everyone will accept and use. (I guess there are parallels with
immediate-mode APIs a few years ago)

Cheers,
Stef
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Stefan Boberg, R&D/Technical Manager, Team17 Software Ltd.
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