Reality Lab
Reality Labwas a3D computer graphicsAPIcreated by RenderMorphics to provide a standardized interface for writing games. It was one of the main contenders in the realtime 3D middleware marketplace at the time, alongsideCriterion Software'sRenderWareandArgonaut Software'sBRender.[1]
Reality Lab was ascene graphAPI providing real-timerenderingthat would run with acceptable performance ongraphics cardsor the host computer'sCPU.[1]
Founded in 1992 by Servan Keondjian, Doug Rabson and Kate Seekings, RenderMorphics was purchased byMicrosoftin February 1995[2]and Reality Lab formed the basis for Direct3D.[3]Microsoft's acquisition statement of RenderMorphics contained a description of Reality Lab:
"RenderMorphics' flagship product, Reality Lab(TM), provides high-performance 3-D graphics technology for a variety of personal computer-based games and multimedia applications. Reality Lab has been acclaimed by a wide range of developers, including Autodesk, Creative Labs, Kaleida Labs and Virgin Entertainment."[4]
Architecturally Reality Lab was then separated into a low layer immediate mode API and layered upon it the original scene graph API which was afterwards called retained mode API.[5]Direct3Dshipped for the first time in theDirectX2.0 SDK in June 1996.
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[edit]- ^ab"Reality Lab: fast 3D for games developers".NEXT Generation.February 1995.Retrieved2022-08-28.
- ^Qube Software-Servan KeondjianandDoug Rabsonfounded Qube after leaving Microsoft.
- ^Crushed By Microsoft
- ^DeMaria, Rusel (2019). "12. 3D Wars".GAME OF X V.2.CRC Press.
- ^Ozer, Jan; Seltzer, Larry (December 5, 1995)."Using Windows 95's Direct SDK Access".PC Magazine.Retrieved2022-08-28.
- Drummond, Michael (November 2000).Renegades of the Empire: How Three Software Warriors Started a Revolution Behind the Walls of Fortress Microsoft.California: Three Rivers Press.ISBN978-0-609-80745-3.Covers the early years ofDirectXdevelopment within Microsoft, including the acquisition of RenderMorphics.
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