The 3D Flash-based gaming engine Alternativa3D is now free for all to use, requiring only a link to Alternativa Company even in commercial projects. In addition, the new version utilizes new Flash3D API’s.
Second, Alternativa works on Alternativa 3D 8 engine based on new Flash player with the next generation 3D API’s. It’s all what is possible to say about it before Adobe MAX. Till new Flash player is in a work-in-progress stage and barely be ready earlier then in a year we offer to use A3D 7. More than likely it’ll be possible to port projects based on the seventh version to A3D 8.
If you want to check it out, you can hit them up at Adobe MAX where they’ll be presenting in area 515B.
They’re mum on what “next generation 3D API’s” means, but I’m pretty sure you can make an educated guess. Afterall, they’ve been adding GPU-acceleration on video playback over the last year.
Update 2:57pm: At request of Alternativa, corrected some language up above.
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Only two years ago, Papervision3D was the rage among Flash developers wanting to get into realtime 3D. Internally there was some changes in the Papervision team and the former star of Flash 3D is now more or less dead as there’s not been any new features added to the engine in more than two years. In the mean time, other engines such as Away3D and Alternativa3D have innovated vigorously. Some engines have disappeared and new ones have arrived.