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R3vis Corporation Launches OpenRM, an Open Source Scene Graph API
A New Dawn for Graphics Applications Developers - The Acclaimed OpenRM Scene Graph Makes Its Open Source Debut Today
http://www.r3vis.com/ - March 1, 2000 - While the heart of Wall Street remains infatuated with ecommerce and other dot.com endeavors, there is a quiet force diligently at work in the the technical community. Although the significance of network-based technologies such as ecommerce cannot be overstated, it is easy to overlook technologies that form the underpinnings of future applications, including distributed, location-based entertainment, multi-participant experiences, virtual shopping malls and museums. One such underpinning is graphics technology, which is responsible for the conversion of raw data and numbers into vivid and compelling images. A digital spreadsheet of numbers might not move you to tears, but a visual depiction of such information might show an image of your newborn baby. Graphics and display technology makes that magic a reality.
With so much riding on the future, R3vis Corporation is hard at work on fundamental graphics technology, and is pleased to announce the 1 March debut of OpenRM Scene Graph, a graphics development environment. "Technology similar to OpenRM Scene Graph is today sold for thousands of dollars per user," says Wes Bethel, President and Chief Technology Officer of R3vis Corporation. "By transitioning this fundamental technology into the Open Source community, we can look forward to increased synergy within portions of the graphics community, which in turn results in an accelerated rate of development in next-generation graphics applications."
The Open Source model is viewed by many as a way to increase software quality and robustness by fostering rapid, peer-reviewed development. Open Source projects have produced such technologies as the web browser, the popular Linux operating system, and TCP/IP, the technology on which the Internet is based. The stringent peer-review nature of Open Source often produces technology that exceeds the quality of closed, proprietary systems.
There will be no cost for the source code for OpenRM. It is freely available on the Web at http://openrm.sourceforge.net/. Considered a Mecca for Open Source projects, the SourceForge.net site is aptly named. SourceForge.net is sponsored by VA Linux of Sunnyvale, CA. OpenRM is being released under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License (LGPL), which permits use of Open Source technology in commercial applications, yet preserves the Open Source heritage of the project. R3vis formerly stated its intent to use the Mozilla Public License (MPL) for OpenRM, but changed to the LGPL prior to OpenRM's release, in response to significant input from the user community.
R3vis Corporation is located in Novato, California, and is focused on high performance graphics and visualization software technology. R3vis offers a commercial version of OpenRM, known as RM Scene Graph, as well as custom research and development, consulting and media services related to OpenRM and RM Scene Graph. RM Scene Graph offers specialized features that add value to the OpenRM base, and commercial license terms that are may prove to be more appropriate for some businesses than Open Source licenses.
RM and RM Scene Graph are registered trademarks of R3vis Corporation.