What about developing 3D application with OpenGL & REAL Studio ?
For a quick overview of OpenGL, see this article.
REAL Software claimes that REALbasic should now be able to develop 3D applications 50% to 70% faster over those using traditional C-programming methods.The new OpenGLSurface control does require a knowledge of the OpenGL language. However, there are some open source projects that are implementing an RB3D-compatible API on top of the OpenGL for developers who currently use RB3D.
To make some essays, you need some further resources. They are often proposed by developers for free. But beware to respect the copyright or the conditions of use for a non personal use.
You can find some further resources there :
- Charcoal Design released major updates to RBGL and RBGLSprites, including better performance and some exciting new features, here. You can find other libraries and samples here.
- A class framework project for REALbasic from Tinrocket LLC, a privately held company specializing in computer graphics visualization & software developmet located in Brooklyn, New York. "Superspritesurface".
- A plug-in control, OpenGLSurface for REALbasic from Tinrocket LLC. This plug-in provides an easy way to add OpenGL® 1.x functionality to your applications; it works with MacOS X (PPC, Intel & Universal builds) and Windows builds (XP and Vista). "OpenGLSurface 1.0".
