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List:       ruby-talk
Subject:    Re: Snapshot Graphics Rendering
From:       eg <eg () jnk ! jnk>
Date:       2004-02-17 9:14:53
Message-ID: 0UkYb.536824$X%5.322859 () pd7tw2no
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Killian wrote:
> I would like to use Ruby to render a screenshot of a 3D environment.
> No concern for interactivity, frame rates, hardware acceleration, etc.
> Instead I'd like to dynamically construct a 3D space with Ruby objects
> at run time, and then call a "save to disk" function that would render
> the space and save it as a PNG.
> 
> I've considered writing Ruby code to output POV-Ray source (.AOI), and
> then spawning a POV-Ray process to actually render. But maybe there is
> a better, more Ruby-esque way?
> 
> Thank you for your help, oh Ruby Monks.
> 
>     Killian

What about using OpenGL?


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