[vtk-developers] Shaders and vtk

[John Biddiscombe]

Regarding a posting from some time ago, but I can't find the one that 
mentioned vtkPainter etc

>> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Moreland, Kenneth" 
>> <kmorel at sandia.gov>
>> Subject: RE: [vtk-developers] GL Extension Wrangler library
>
This week, I'm going to start work on some fragment and vertex shaders 
for vtk. I know that the vtkPainter + other mapper classes included some 
Cg and GLSL support. I don't know what the their status is, but if there 
are any plans to put them in vtk please let me know.

[Specifically I'm planning on putting in some refraction effects on some 
SPH (Smooth particle hydrodyanics) simulations to give some realistic 
watery effects. I've been using vtkPolyDataPointSpriteMapper to do fast 
sphere renderings and will extend this to handle a bunch of new 
capabilities. I welcome and feedback on the subject. - it'd be nice to 
also render water surfaces/contours from CFD this way]

cheers

JB