Platforms, prices, and company
Windows NT/98/95/2000 free Stage 3 Research Group http://www.alice.org/stage3/ at Carnegie Mellon University. Applications
Alice is primarily a scripting and prototyping environment for 3D object behavior. By writing simple scripts, Alice users can control object appearance and behavior, and while the scripts are executing, objects respond to user input via mouse and keyboard.
Alice Authoring Tool comes with the Alice Development Environment, and a Collection of 3D Objects and Textures. It use a full-featured programming language with vast capabilities - Python http://www.python.org.
Examples/Samples
http://www.alice.org/demos/demos.htm Alice Plug-in: http://www.python.org
Functions
Rendering
texture map movie - a series of images that are displayed in sequence Billboarding and Transparent Textures
Modeling
Accurate collision detection 3D primitives import Advanced texture placement Real world dimensions
Animation
Animated textures(AVI)
Internet support
3D Bookmarks In-place editing Level of detail 3D sound Polygon reduction
Import & Export
many common 3D file formats include DXF, 3DS, OBJ etc. Head-Mounted Display (HMD): 640 x 480 VGA resolution Web Resources
