OPENGL RESEARCH

Overview

OpenGL (Open Graphics Library) is a software interface to graphics hardware. The interface consists of a set of several hundred procedures and functions that allow a programmer to specify the objects and operations involved in producing high-quality graphical images, speciﬁcally color images of three-dimensional objects. Most of OpenGL requires that the graphics hardware contain a framebuffer. Many OpenGL calls pertain to drawing objects such as points, lines, and polygons, but the way that some of this drawing occurs (such as when antialiasing is enabled) relies on the existence of a framebuffer. Further, some of OpenGL is speciﬁcally concerned with framebuffer manipulation. ^[1]

OpenGL is strictly defined as ``a software interface to graphics hardware.'' In essence, it is a 3D graphics and modeling library that is highly portable and very fast. Using OpenGL, you can create elegant and beautiful 3D graphics with exceptional visual quality...OpenGL is used for various purposes, from CAD engineering and architectural applications to modeling programs used to create computer-generated monsters in blockbuster movies.OpenGL SuperBible Fourth Edition, Richard S. Wright Jr.^[2]

OPENGL RESEARCH FOCUS

OPENGL Development portion of the Internet is still developing sites with a fixed and/or static approach to presentation. With the success of several social networking sites, performance and design scalability are no longer resigned to enterprise level class applications. Social networks and blogs demand a dynamic publishing solution for interactive content. Web development now requires sites to address publicly approved, fixed content and a need for interactive content creation. Whether one decides to purchase a complete packaged solution or have one designed around their needs and scale to meet future needs depends on the client.

ReAnimality Inc., builds static and dynamic sites leveraging open standards to meet our clients needs. Sites are developing by applying the Model-View-Controller (MVC) and Separation-of-Concerns (SoC) models, pioneered by NeXT Software Inc, now Apple Inc., and The Apache Software Group's Cocoon Project, respectively. These approaches allow for rapid prototyping to reduce your time-to-market and work to make sure each stage of development maximizes your return on investment.

In the near future, ReAnimality Inc., will be developing OS X Cocoa Engineering Applications that target the Mechanical & Material Science Engineering industries and the Computer Graphics fields. The backgrounds of it's founders are in both of these fields, along-side the Computer Sciences.