[Opensim-dev] Collada as Model Format

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A physics engine that internally handles COLLADA data directly? 
Possible, but surely not practical for performance. This is why the 
COLLADA standard defines refineries to convert and optimize formats. The 
COLLADA tool chain needs to compile DAE files like gcc compiles C/C++ 
files. The physics engine should be able to handle the compiled output 
as if no COLLADA support was added in the build options.

It's not the first time I seen people look directly at the XML schema 
and try to support that directly, like they somehow missed the refinery 
process or thought it wasn't needed.

A real-time COLLADA refinery built into the engine... maybe sometime in 
the future with extra cores to spare. Still, it doesn't make sense since 
the DAE file has much more than physical data.

COLLADA used to exchange assets...  +1

COLLADA used as built-in to a real-time render engine... -1

Frisby, Adam wrote:
> And to attach a demo object, the size shoots up to 1GB.
>
> Some things XML can't solve, 3D model storage is one of them.
>
> ;)
>
> Adam
>
>   
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: opensim-dev-bounces at lists.berlios.de [mailto:opensim-dev-
>> bounces at lists.berlios.de] On Behalf Of Teravus Ovares
>> Sent: Sunday, 17 May 2009 1:25 PM
>> To: opensim-dev at lists.berlios.de
>> Subject: Re: [Opensim-dev] Collada as Model Format
>>
>> The only thing that is frustrating about COLLADA..   is it's hard to
>> support fully.    For example..    Bullet is a Physics engine that
>> totals ~250kb.    BUT if you build in COLLADA support, it becomes 6MB.
>> :P
>>
>> On 5/16/09, Gustavo Alberto Navarro Bilbao
>> <alberto.navarro.bilbao at gmail.com> wrote:
>>     
>>> A silly question: �Can be compatible OGRE and COLLADA at the same
>>>       
>> time?. I
>>     
>>> say that because I suppose that there is a great time and effort
>>>       
>> spent by
>>     
>>> the realxtend  and SIRIKATA' teams, working on, and many are
>>>       
>> expecting in
>>     
>>> July for the new RX-NG and SIRIKATA, and
>>> would be a pity not to make the already developed.
>>>
>>> Best regards
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 2009/5/16 Jani Pirkola <jpirkola at gmail.com>
>>>
>>>       
>>>> Immersive Education initiative (IEd) has decided in its Technical
>>>>         
>> Working
>>     
>>>> Group to support COLLADA as the format to transfer assets between
>>>> different
>>>> platforms.
>>>>
>>>> http://maxping.org/business/news/immersive-education-adds-support-
>>>>         
>> for-realxtend.aspx
>>     
>>>> To further support COLLADA, IEd and Khronos launched a contest for
>>>> developing content using the format.
>>>>
>>>> http://maxping.org/business/real-life/champion-the-3d-web-using-
>>>>         
>> collada.aspx
>>     
>>>> Best regards,
>>>> Jani
>>>>
>>>> 2009/5/16 Tommi Laukkanen <tommi.s.e.laukkanen at gmail.com>
>>>>
>>>> Hello
>>>>         
>>>>> As custom viewers start to emerge I would like to point to Collada
>>>>> specification as one format which could
>>>>> be used to support freestyle models (meshes):
>>>>>
>>>>> This document describes the COLLADA schema. COLLADA is a
>>>>>           
>> COLLAborative
>>     
>>>>> Design Activity that
>>>>> defines an XML-based schema to enable 3-D authoring applications to
>>>>> freely exchange digital assets
>>>>> without loss of information, enabling multiple software packages to
>>>>>           
>> be
>>     
>>>>> combined into extremely powerful
>>>>> tool chains.
>>>>>
>>>>> The specification:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.khronos.org/files/collada_spec_1_4.pdf
>>>>>
>>>>> The schema:
>>>>>
>>>>> http://www.khronos.org/files/collada_schema_1_4
>>>>>
>>>>> -tommi
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