XB PointStream (XBPS)

• Name: Mickael Medel
• Program: Computer Programming and Analysis (CPA)
• Occupation: Researcher/Developer at Seneca's Centre for Development of Open Technology (CDOT)

• XB PointStream
• Processing.js
• Game for Mozilla Labs' Game On 2011 (still in talks)

• What is XB PointStream?
• What is WebGL?
• Points vs Polygons
• Arius 3D
• Current XBPS
• Future of XBPS

• Application Programming Interface
• Based off OpenGL ES 2.0
• GL stands for Graphics Library
• Part of HTML 5.0

• Vertices in 3D system
• Contains point location, colour information, lighting values
• Wiki definition: usually point clouds themselves are generally not directly usable in most 3D applications

• 3D imaging company
• Specializes in production and digitization of 3D models

• demo program

function start(){
  ps = new PointStream();
  document.getElementById('debug').innerHTML += "XB PointStream Version: " + ps.getVersion();
  
  ps.setup(document.getElementById('canvas'), render);
  
  ps.background([1,1,1,1]);
  ps.pointSize(5);

  ps.onMouseScroll = zoom;
  ps.onMousePressed = mousePressed;
  ps.onMouseReleased = mouseReleased;
  ps.keyDown = keyDown;
  
  acorn = ps.loadFile({path:"acorn.asc"});
}

• Virtual Artifacts
• Eggenburg, Austria

• XBPS Specifications
• Lighthouse

Contact info:
Email - mickael.medel@senecac.on.ca
Twitter - asydik13 / XBPointStream
Bug Tracker - cdot.lighthouseapp.com