[Papervision3D] Astro

[tomsamson]

the filter stuff could turn out interesting but yeah, the very limited 
3d feature additions sound disappointing, after all the hyping 
beforehand i was expecting a bit more, too :-)
(The previous beta player updates really were big milestone 
achievements, so yeah, when hearing that all would be topped with flash 
player 10 feature additions it sounds kinda sad at this point :-( )
Well, let´s not be too disappointed for now, if the player side 
distortion of bitmaps runs at great performance that could still be of 
some good help, let´s see :-)

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Carlos Lunetta wrote:
> So, any chance of peeking at a video of the Adobe demo anywhere?
>
> Carlos Ulloa wrote:
>> Hello guys,
>>
>> Just came out of Adobe's MAX keynote here in rainy Chicago. They 
>> announced Astro aka Flash Player 10 and demonstrated it's top 3 new 
>> features: better text handling, custom filters and something they 
>> call "simple 3D".
>>
>> The custom filters allow people to create their own using a language 
>> called Hydra. Runtime execution seemed similar to the predefined 
>> filters. I think this could be really useful for shading and special 
>> effects.
>>
>> On the other hand, the 3D support is extremely disappointing. It 
>> basically allows to distort bitmaps with perspective, retaining mouse 
>> events. It's all software based, and introduces new properties 
>> rotationX, rotationY and rotationZ. Sounds familiar doesn't it? In 
>> other words, it's like using planes with interactive precise 
>> materials. Not sure about the performance, because they just showed a 
>> video playing on a plane that you could click on. This means no 3D 
>> hardware support for Flash Player 10.
>>
>> While this opens the door for quad support and perspective 
>> correction, still very far from any idea you might have of decent 3D. 
>> With Airtight's TiltViewer making our 10th FWA today, looking much 
>> cooler than the Astro 3D examples, Adobe seems to have a lot of 
>> catchup to do.
>>
>> Fortunately, the developments in our front seem unstoppable. I'm sure 
>> much cooler stuff will come from everybody here.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> C4RL05
>> carlosulloa.com
>> papervision3d.org
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