The Development of PHEX, a 3D Graphics Extension to X11

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1988
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Eurographics Association
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Today, many computer applications require both 3 dimensional (3D) graphics and window management. The new ISO PHIGS [1] and GKS-3D [2] standards define functional interfaces for applications needing 3D graphics but do not provide control over windows. The X Windowing System (tm), Version 11 [3], is a de facto standard that provides control over windows but has limited 2D graphics capabilities. A consortium of organizations under the auspices of MIT has developed X3D PEX [4], an extension to the X11 standard, that supports PHIGS and GKS3D. The goal of PEX is to provide the best of both worlds: a high performance foundation for PHIGS and GKS-3D within the heterogeneous, distributed, X11 windowing environment. The underlying concept in PEX is that every X11 window has the capability to be a PHIGS or GKS-3D workstation.
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@inproceedings{
10.2312:egtp.19881002
, booktitle = {
EG 1988-Technical Papers
}, editor = {}, title = {{
The Development of PHEX, a 3D Graphics Extension to X11
}}, author = {
Clifford Jr., William H.
and
McConnell, John I.
and
Saltz, Jeffrey S.
}, year = {
1988
}, publisher = {
Eurographics Association
}, ISSN = {
1017-4656
}, ISBN = {}, DOI = {
10.2312/egtp.19881002
} }
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