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Trio of tools.(RENDERING)(Mercury Computer Systems Inc.)(Brief article)

Computer Graphics World

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Win * Linux Mercury Computer Systems has debuted three software offerings that provide real-time, photorealistic 3D rendering and raytracing. Targeted at 3D application developers, OpenRTRT is a software development kit that delivers real-time raytracing capabilities to produce realistic images with accurate reflections, refractions, and fine shadow details. OpenRTRT provides an easy-to-use application programming interface as an alternative to the OpenGL rendering engine, offers linear scalability, and takes advantage of multiprocessor and multicore architectures.

An extension of the company's Open Inventor Version 6, DirectViz is an object-oriented, cross-platform, 3D graphics software suite for 3D application development. DirectViz delivers a ...

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