Yet another blog about WPF, Surface, SL, MVVM, NUI.... - Tag - 3D

Tips: increase performances when using D3DImage in WPF

2009-09-17T11:20:00+02:00

Hello, Often when you read articles explaining how to use a D3DImage in your WPF application you use code which directly handle the CompositorTarget.Rendering event by updating the 3D world... This can lead to performance problems. For example in my application, WPF refresh the display with a FPS of 160 : the handler which recreate the 3D image... Read Tips: increase performances when using D3DImage in WPF

Ambient, diffuse, emissive and specular colors : some examples

2009-07-24T12:00:00+02:00

Introduction When you defines a material in Ogre or in 3D engines in general, you can play with at least four differents parameters : Ambient color, diffuse color, emissive color and specular color. In this post I will give you the definitions and show you some example for those who - like me - requires some visual example to understand... Read Ambient, diffuse, emissive and specular colors : some examples

GUI to NUI : representations and manipulation of OLAP data in 3D

2009-07-21T14:54:00+02:00

Hello, Here is a little post to show you a little video presenting the project I have worked on during my 6 months of training. I am very proud of it :) : The subject was to find the new way of representations and manipulations of OLAP Data without using a keyboard or a mouse. This is done in 3D on the Microsoft Surface plateform. The... Read GUI to NUI : representations and manipulation of OLAP data in 3D

Use a screenshot of a WPF visual as a texture in Mogre.

2009-03-25T15:49:00+01:00

Hello, Here is my first post about WPF and Mogre, maybe it will helps some people... The subject of today is "How to use a screenshot of a WPF elements and put it as an texture on your Mogre object"... Why ? Because WPF enable you to create very rich interface and so great image to place on you differents elements... By the way, I let... Read Use a screenshot of a WPF visual as a texture in Mogre.