Congratulations Simon :) Now let's get quickly to a Vulkan backend
On Saturday, 27 February 2016 22:46:56 UTC+9, Simon Danisch wrote: > > Thanks :) > > >I wonder if it will be the Matplotlib of Julia > > While possible, it will need quite a bit of work :) Offering the > flexibility and usability of Matplotlib is no easy task! > Right now the strength rather lies in interactivity and easy means to > visualize animated and large data sets. > > But there could be shortcuts like implementing a backend for Matplotlib > first. > > @Alan, I can create one ;) > Also, as you can see in http://www.glvisualize.com/examples/interactive/, > something similar to @manipulate can be implemented in GLVisualize. > > Am Freitag, 26. Februar 2016 23:11:02 UTC+1 schrieb Simon Danisch: >> >> Hi >> >> this is the first release of GLVisualize.jl >> <https://github.com/JuliaGL/GLVisualize.jl>, a 2D/3D visualization >> library completely written in Julia and OpenGL. >> >> You can find some crude documentation on glvisualize.com >> <http://www.glvisualize.com/>. >> I hope to improve the examples and the documentation in the coming weeks. >> The biggest problem for most people right now will be a slightly flaky >> camera and missing guides and labels. >> This is being worked on! If someone beats me to the guide/axis creation, >> I'd be very happy. This could be a fun project to get started with >> GLVisualize. >> Please feel free to open any issue concerning missing documentation, >> discrepancies <http://www.dict.cc/englisch-deutsch/discrepancies.html> and >> bugs! >> >> Relation to GLPlot <https://github.com/SimonDanisch/GLPlot.jl>: >> GLPlot is now a thin wrapper for GLVisualize with a focus on plotting. >> Since I concentrated mostly on finishing GLVisualize, it's a reeally thin >> wrapper. >> It basically just forwards all calls to GLVisualize, and adds a >> boundingbox around the objects. >> In the future, it should offer some basic UI, automatic creation of >> axis/labels, screenshots and an alternative API that is more familiar to >> people that are coming from other plotting libraries (e.g. functions like >> surf, contourf, patches). >> If anyone has specific plans on how this could look like don't hesitate >> to open issues and PR's! >> >> Outlook: >> I'd like to make GLVisualize more independent of the rendering backend by >> using some backend agnostic geometry >> <https://github.com/JuliaGeometry/GeometryTypes.jl/issues/46> >> representation. >> This will make it easier to integrate backends like FireRender >> <https://github.com/JuliaGraphics/FireRender.jl>, WebGL, Vulkan >> <https://github.com/JuliaGPU/Vulkan.jl/tree/api> (why Vulkan >> <http://randomfantasies.com/2016/02/why-im-betting-on-vulkan-and-julia/>), >> or some text based backends like PDF/SVG. >> >> Furthermore, I'd like to improve the performance and interaction >> possibilities. >> >> I have to thank the Julia Group for supporting me :) It's a pleasure to >> be a part of the Julia community! >> >> I'm looking forward to the great visualizations you'll create! >> >> Best, >> Simon Danisch >> >
