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At Caligari we are proud
of our award winning interface. Over the years many trueSpace interface elements have made it into our competitors products, and while imitation may be the "sincerest form of flattery", we decided that the time has come for Caligari to pave the way with the next generation UI.
In trueSpace4, 3D widgets are augmenting more traditional control elements such as buttons, panels, and sliders. Thus, the interface itself becomes part of the 3D work space and is
fully accelerated by 3D hardware. Using 3D widgets, you do not have to worry
about coordinate spaces or X, Y and Z axes, since the widgets always position themselves in 3D space to clearly indicate their function.
3D widgets and
menus make the user interface simpler, more self evident and maintain constant size regardless of screen resolution. Of course, if you prefer the existing tried and true 2D interface, it is still there. You can also combine 2D and 3D interface elements.
The real time capabilities of trueSpace4 rival those of first class video games. The quality
of the real time rendering, particularly transparency, is much higher and the speed of D3D acceleration is 3 to 5 times faster compared to trueSpace3 on an identical 3D card.
Even if you
prefer wireframe, trueSpace4 will run several times faster with hardware acceleration. As an added benefit on cards that support it, trueSpace4 can display anti-aliased lines.
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