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| 36 | <h2> |
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| 37 | <u>Plans for future developments</u></h2> |
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| [945] | 38 | Now we have reached the beta phase (0.9.x) of OpenScenegGraph project, |
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| 39 | and are now working towards the full 1.0 release, with a likely |
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| [1868] | 40 | release date in second half of 2003. |
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| [659] | 42 | <h3> |
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| [945] | 43 | Fturue work include:</h3> |
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| [651] | 47 | <li> |
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| [1868] | 48 | StateSet composite structure for managing multi-pass effects and alternate rendering implemations. |
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| 49 | This will allow one to manage the use of extensions and provide effecient fallback rendering paths.</li> |
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| [659] | 50 | |
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| [651] | 51 | <li> |
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| [659] | 52 | Clean up the API for managing multi-stage and multi-pass rendering within |
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| 53 | the scene graph.</li> |
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| 54 | |
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| [651] | 55 | <li> |
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| [1868] | 56 | Support for clustering in Open Producer and osgProducer.</li> |
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| [659] | 57 | |
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| [651] | 58 | <li> |
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| [1868] | 59 | Enhance osgDB and plugins to allow them to be used with alternate input streams. Add support for native binary |
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| 60 | file format for rapid loading and saving of scene graphs. |
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| 61 | </li> |
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| [1409] | 62 | |
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| 63 | <li> |
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| [1868] | 64 | Development of virtual texture support for rendering in real-time massive images, such as whole earth textures.</li> |
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| [1409] | 65 | |
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| 66 | <li> |
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| [1868] | 67 | Introduce a new library osgEnvironment, which adds support for creating |
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| 68 | shapes and environmental effects such as stars, planets, cloud layers, oceans and |
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| [659] | 69 | ground planes.</li> |
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| [653] | 71 | <li> |
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| [1115] | 72 | Integrate unit tests for all classes, using the osgUtx Unit Test Framework.</li> |
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| [651] | 73 | </ul> |
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| 74 | |
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| [659] | 75 | <h3> |
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| 76 | Books, tutorials and demonstrations</h3> |
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| 77 | |
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| [657] | 78 | <ul> |
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| 79 | <li> |
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| 80 | Don Burns and Robert Osfield to write the OpenSceneGraph book!</li> |
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| [659] | 81 | |
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| [657] | 82 | <li> |
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| [659] | 83 | Development of tutorials to published as part of the distribution and on |
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| 84 | the bazaar</li> |
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| 85 | |
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| [657] | 86 | <li> |
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| [659] | 87 | Development of technology demonstrations for shows, presentations and training.</li> |
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| [657] | 88 | |
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| [651] | 89 | </ul> |
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| 90 | |
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| [659] | 91 | <h3> |
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| 92 | Professional services</h3> |
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| 93 | |
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| [651] | 94 | <ul> |
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| [659] | 95 | <li> |
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| 96 | Set up a support contract and support systems for confidential, email, |
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| 97 | phone and onsite support.</li> |
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| [651] | 98 | |
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| 99 | <li> |
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| [659] | 100 | Set up the Open Scene Graph Professional License (OSGPL) which is conventional |
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| 101 | proprietary license that allows companies to distribute projects that do |
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| 102 | not comply with the terms of the LGPL, such as turn key systems.</li> |
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| 103 | |
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| [651] | 104 | <li> |
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| [657] | 105 | Develop training courses.</li> |
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| [651] | 106 | </ul> |
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| [1115] | 107 | For further details on osgMP, osgSim, OSGPL licensing, professional support, |
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| [659] | 108 | training and consultancy services contact Robert Osfield at <a href="mailto:robert@openscenegraph.com">robert@openscenegraph.com</a> |
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| 109 | or Don Burns at <a href="mailto:don@andesengineering.com">don@andesengineering.com.</a> |
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| [651] | 110 | </body> |
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