Comments on: Battle for Vesta, OpenGL, and 12 Years of Portability http://blog.insightvr.com/?p=209 lasers, wiimote headtracking, games, visualizations Sun, 22 Aug 2010 21:30:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Varrojo@Linux » 12 años de portabilidad http://blog.insightvr.com/?p=209&cpage=1#comment-14999 Varrojo@Linux » 12 años de portabilidad Mon, 18 Jan 2010 17:14:33 +0000 http://blog.insightvr.com/?p=209#comment-14999 [...] dejo el link al artículo (en inglés). Artículos Relacionados:Trabajando con PyOpenGL y VBOs (1.000)El Fin de Visual C++ [...] [...] dejo el link al artículo (en inglés). Artículos Relacionados:Trabajando con PyOpenGL y VBOs (1.000)El Fin de Visual C++ [...]

]]> By: Alejandro Segovia http://blog.insightvr.com/?p=209&cpage=1#comment-14998 Alejandro Segovia Mon, 18 Jan 2010 14:17:42 +0000 http://blog.insightvr.com/?p=209#comment-14998 Hi John, Great Article! I didn't think it would make a turn towards the advantages of using OpenGL vs. Direct3D, but you're totally right! Regarding iPhone development , I'm used to developing OpenGL apps using C++ and Python as well, but recently I'm starting to move towards iPhone development using Objective-C and it's been a very smooth ride. Objective-C is a very easy language once you realize that C++'s p->m(x) is written as [p m:x] instead. Other than that and reference counting, the language is a walk in the park. Great post! Keep up the good work! Alejandro.- Hi John,

Great Article! I didn’t think it would make a turn towards the advantages of using OpenGL vs. Direct3D, but you’re totally right!

Regarding iPhone development , I’m used to developing OpenGL apps using C++ and Python as well, but recently I’m starting to move towards iPhone development using Objective-C and it’s been a very smooth ride.

Objective-C is a very easy language once you realize that C++’s p->m(x) is written as [p m:x] instead. Other than that and reference counting, the language is a walk in the park.

Great post! Keep up the good work!

Alejandro.-

]]> By: john http://blog.insightvr.com/?p=209&cpage=1#comment-14961 john Wed, 13 Jan 2010 16:36:04 +0000 http://blog.insightvr.com/?p=209#comment-14961 Phil, I tried out the asteroids game and it is great, especially considering that it only took 5 hours to create it. The only thing that I would change is to make the ship a smaller given that it is pretty large in relation to the relatively small screen area the game occupies. Phil,

I tried out the asteroids game and it is great, especially considering that it only took 5 hours to create it. The only thing that I would change is to make the ship a smaller given that it is pretty large in relation to the relatively small screen area the game occupies.

]]> By: Stu http://blog.insightvr.com/?p=209&cpage=1#comment-14955 Stu Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:34:16 +0000 http://blog.insightvr.com/?p=209#comment-14955 Phil, theres always the rather lovely papervision3d for 3d in flash. Phil, theres always the rather lovely papervision3d for 3d in flash.

]]> By: Phil Plante http://blog.insightvr.com/?p=209&cpage=1#comment-14953 Phil Plante Wed, 13 Jan 2010 02:14:49 +0000 http://blog.insightvr.com/?p=209#comment-14953 John, Ha! Yes Flash does go against the spirit of your post a bit. We are using it for the adoption rate on the web, its not our first choice :) John,

Ha! Yes Flash does go against the spirit of your post a bit. We are using it for the adoption rate on the web, its not our first choice :)

]]> By: Tweets that mention Battle for Vesta, OpenGL, and 12 Years of Portability - Insight VR -- Topsy.com http://blog.insightvr.com/?p=209&cpage=1#comment-14952 Tweets that mention Battle for Vesta, OpenGL, and 12 Years of Portability - Insight VR -- Topsy.com Wed, 13 Jan 2010 01:30:55 +0000 http://blog.insightvr.com/?p=209#comment-14952 [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Ben Cowcher, kicauan, hrjn_rss, YC Hacker News, hkrnws and others. hkrnws said: 12 Years of Portability Thanks to OpenGL: Mac - Windows - iPhone (and more) http://bit.ly/53WVQy [...] [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Ben Cowcher, kicauan, hrjn_rss, YC Hacker News, hkrnws and others. hkrnws said: 12 Years of Portability Thanks to OpenGL: Mac – Windows – iPhone (and more) http://bit.ly/53WVQy [...]

]]> By: john http://blog.insightvr.com/?p=209&cpage=1#comment-14951 john Wed, 13 Jan 2010 01:04:53 +0000 http://blog.insightvr.com/?p=209#comment-14951 Phil, I think that a working asteroids implementation in a few hours is impressive. I am on my iPhone right now but I'll check it out and comment again when I get home. I will say that using Flash goes against the spirit of this post, but to each his own... :) Phil,

I think that a working asteroids implementation in a few hours is impressive. I am on my iPhone right now but I’ll check it out and comment again when I get home. I will say that using Flash goes against the spirit of this post, but to each his own… :)

]]> By: Phil Plante http://blog.insightvr.com/?p=209&cpage=1#comment-14949 Phil Plante Wed, 13 Jan 2010 00:48:07 +0000 http://blog.insightvr.com/?p=209#comment-14949 Thanks for sharing the story behind this project. I enjoyed reading about the original Mac version and the capabilities you were able to eek out of the 16mhz software renderer. Unfortunately your post made me feel that a recent tribute to Asteroids a friend and I put together is less stelar. Granted we did build our version in only 5 hours from scratch with the Flash game engine we're working on. Feel free to check out Meteor at meteor.onemorepoint.com Thanks for sharing the story behind this project. I enjoyed reading about the original Mac version and the capabilities you were able to eek out of the 16mhz software renderer.

Unfortunately your post made me feel that a recent tribute to Asteroids a friend and I put together is less stelar. Granted we did build our version in only 5 hours from scratch with the Flash game engine we’re working on. Feel free to check out Meteor at meteor.onemorepoint.com

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