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<h2>
<u>Plans for future developments</u></h2>
Now we have reached the beta phase (0.9.x) of OpenScenegGraph project,
and are now working towards the full 1.0 release, with a likely release
date in second half of 2004.
<h3>Future work include:</h3>
<ul>
<li>
StateSet composite structure for managing multi-pass effects and
alternate rendering implemations. This will allow one to manage the use
of extensions and provide effecient fallback rendering paths.</li>
<li>
Clean up the API for managing multi-stage and multi-pass rendering
within
the scene graph.</li>
<li>
Support for clustering in Open Producer and osgProducer.</li>
<li>
Enhance osgDB and plugins to allow them to be used with alternate input
streams. Add support for native binary file format for rapid loading
and saving of scene graphs.</li>
<li>Introduce a new library osgEnvironment, which adds support for
creating
shapes and environmental effects such as stars, planets, cloud layers,
oceans and
ground planes.</li>
<li>
Integrate unit tests for all classes, using the osgUtx Unit Test
Framework.</li>
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<h3>
Books, tutorials and demonstrations</h3>
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<li>
Don Burns and Robert Osfield to write the OpenSceneGraph book!</li>
<li>
Development of tutorials to published as part of the distribution and
on
the bazaar</li>
<li>
Development of technology demonstrations for shows, presentations and
training.</li>
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<a href="mailto:don@andesengineering.com"></a>
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