[Papervision3D] Sophie3D

[Mike Mountain]

Wonder if it's based on Alternativa - anyhow it's very impressive - handles
lots of polys. but as Gil says why limit it to a viewer?

On Thu, Oct 30, 2008 at 10:19 AM, Gil Birman <gil at allflashwebsite.com>wrote:

> If this is the case then it seems silly that a simple cad viewer is all
> they would use it for....
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> On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 5:02 PM, Makc <makc.the.great at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> no it's not. if you read through code, you would definitely notice
>> totally different style (the code is obfuscated, but some stuff is
>> very ovious from what it does).
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 9:52 PM, Gil Birman <gil at allflashwebsite.com>
>> wrote:
>> > I'm betting $1 this is based on PV3D.
>> >
>> > FYI -- It works in FP9.
>> >
>> > It looks like it is simply a 3d Object viewer, so lack of interactivity
>> and
>> > source code is not really an issue. Probably geared towards people only
>> > needing 3d product visualizations.
>> >
>> > Gil
>> >
>> > On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 12:04 PM, Jake Lewis <jakelewis3d at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> There is a quite advanced 3D engine in development at
>> >>
>> >> http://www.sophie3d.com/website/index_en.php
>> >>
>> >> It seems to have a z-buffer, which as it is F10 only I believe they
>> >> implemented ( along with the lighting system) using the custom bitmap
>> >> filters.
>> >>
>> >> Very high polygon models.
>> >>
>> >> Closed (and obfuscated) source, $300 per domain license.
>> >>
>> >> At the moment it seems to have no functionality beyond a spinning
>> object.
>> >> A lack on interactivity beyond this leaves it dead in the water in my
>> >> reckoning.  I imagine they will roll out an api/ flash component to
>> allow
>> >> timeline interactivity etc.
>> >>
>> >> Jake
>> >>
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