Tutorial demo scene

A new demo is provided with the last release, starring Andy the robot, and some video tutorials too (in French, but with English subtitles) explaining step by step how to re-create this scene by yourself.

Those video tutorials gives an OpenSpace3D overview in a nutshell, and were wrote to accelerate familiarisation of new users with the tool.

All your questions relative to those tutorials can be posted on the forum.

Step #1 : Quickstart	Step #2 : 3D Edition	Step #3 : PlugIT Edition	Step #4 : Material Render	Step #5 : Animations

This version includes many enhancements that focus on:

– Rendering engine updated to Ogre3D 1.8! Indeed, most available exports (including OgreMax) no longer support Ogre3D 1.6.
– Most of the 3D engine code was rewritten for better performance concerning the use and readability of the source.
– Optimizing the management of physics.
– Supports 3D sound (via OpenAL library CAudio)…

NEW FEATURES

We also integrated a whole series of new PlugITs including:

– “FPS Like ” Navigation, lets you use the keyboard controls w, a , s, d to move position and using mouse for camera orientation.
– “move to” function helps move an object or the camera at a given position.
– “RSS” plugIT, you can read an RSS feed in real time in your 3D scene
– Instantiate plugIT, you can dynamically load and unload . XOS scenes (OpenSpace3D Format) and manage game levels.

And many more to discover in the history …

NEW RENDERING METHODS

Concerning rendering OpenSpace3D now supports textures and reflection and we offer you new resources of default composition shader :

– Old Tv
– Night Vision
– Bloom
– Glow
– Blur
– ASCII…

NEW TUTORIALS

A new support page is available to help you :

– 5 video tutorials are now available on OpenSpace3D Youtube Channel and we offer you the template to work on it …

– The documentation is being updated, a partial html version is available in the support area the missing items are available in Pdf version (accessible from the menu start/OpenSpace3D/Documentation).

French version in progress

English version (automatic translation Google Translate)

WORKS IN PROGRESS

We are currently working on the following subjects :

– Management of natural environments (water, sky, sun …)

– Management of new HCI: Kinect/Nonin/5DT/Epoc/SpacePointFusion

– Managing a web browser into a 3D container

OpenSpace3D at Laval Virtual

I-Maginer and OpenSpace3D team will be on booth F8 at Laval Virtual Exhibition from April 6th to 8th, 2011.

A presentation of OpenSpace3D will be conducted during the Innovation Showcase on Thursday, April 7th at 15h.

Registration and information on the Laval Virtual website