Stage3D stress test

[JRS]

This is very impressive for a web/Flash application. I haven't seen 3D OpenGL on a PC run this well.

Doughnuts

Click to start.
WASD or LEFT/RIGHT/UP/DOWN to fly
Mouse move to look
Shift to fly faster
Space to toggle rotation
+ to add 500 doughnuts
- to remove 500 doughnuts
m to change material (4 available)
Once started double click to toggle fullscreen (NOTE all keys bar arrow keys will be disabled)

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[JRS]

I'm surprised no one has commented on this. 

[Charles Pegge]

Hi John, This might appear to be be a stress test but if fact, the CPU is doing little more then specifying the location and orientation of each torus. The Graphics card does 99.9% of the work in this scene.

A more significant stress test would involve dynamic morphing shapes, multiple transparent objects, shadow casting, etc, as these demand more CPU computation.

[JRS]

Thanks Charles for the explanation.

Either way, this demo should make people think twice about HTML5 being the only answer to interactive web content.

[Charles Pegge]

I hope they have a stable 3D system now. I did quite a lot of work using x3d (iso-certified XML extension of VRML), only to  find the browser plug-in for this system vaporise about 2 years later.

[JRS]

What I mean is HTML5 isn't the only answer to interactive web content. I used Flash extensively when doing the virtual tour gig after Quicklime became a viral mess. Java applets took a huge hit as a security violations which drastically reduced the viewing audience. Amazing how the industry can one day create itself as the next thing and overnight kill it off. (for someones something better)