A-EON Updates "Boing Ball" re-visited

[Pyromania]

News from A-EON Technology


Wellington, 8th February 2012

Hardware Accelerated 3D using 2D Compositing

AmigaOS graphics guru, Hans de Ruiter, has issued another update to his RadeonHD graphics driver for the AmigaOS. Version 0.32, which makes its official debut on the AmigaOS 4.1 Update 5 CD especially created for AmigaONE X1000 "First Contact" system, delivers full 2D support for all Radeon graphics cards from the Radeon X1300 through to the RadeonHD 4890. When asked about the improvements in his new driver De Ruiter said, "I'm quite pleased with the updated driver. Apart from fixing a few bugs, the biggest change is the addition of homogeneous texture coordinate support to the compositing function. This allows 2D warping and even perspective-correct texturing". In reply, A-EON Technology's Trevor Dickinson commented, "I am pleased to help support Hans' graphics driver work and look forward to the future release of hardware accelerated 3D graphics drivers which should benefit the AmigaONE X1000 all other AmigaOS 4 users".

To illustrate the improvements in his new driver De Ruiter created "Composite3DDemo", an interactive 3D "Boing Ball" demo remake that renders everything using hardware accelerated 2D graphics without the use of 3D drivers. Originally developed as a test application for the RadeonHD driver running on the AmigaONE X1000, it demonstrates what can be done with AmigaOS 4.1's powerful compositing feature and a little creative thinking. In other good news De Ruiter revealed that he is releasing the source-code which he hope will help others to use these features, and encourage them to see what they can do. The "Composite3DDemo" is included on the AmigaOS 4.1 Update 5 CD and can be downloaded from the web link shown below. Please also check the link to the "YouTube" video.

About Hans de Ruiter & HDRLab: Hans de Ruiter is an electrical & electronic engineer and leading AmigaOS developer and Amiga enthusiast. His website - HDRLab - details various projects, many of which are AmigaOS related. The biggest of these is the RadeonHD driver for AmigaOS, an ambitious project that aims to deliver modern graphics capabilities for the AmigaOS platform.

Links:

Composite 3D Demo download

RadeonHD development log

Composite 3D Demo video

A-EON Technology

YouTube Link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDDBhGLTPPI&feature=player_embedded#!

[Tripitaka]

Another small step for man, another giant leap.....

...Oh, OK, so it isn't exactly the moon landing but it is great news and another step in the right direction. Well done Hans, great stuff.

[TheDaddy]

Another small step for man, another giant leap.....

...Oh, OK, so it isn't exactly the moon landing but it is great news and another step in the right direction. Well done Hans, great stuff.

And that man is Hans...you're the man!

[klx300r]

what happened..an OS4 thread and no usual suspect moobunny clan here yet:laughing:

[dammy]

what happened..an OS4 thread and no usual suspect moobunny clan here yet:laughing:

Let me break that streak and say it's good news.

[commodorejohn]

Am I the only one who was never all that infatuated with the boing-ball demo? I'm sure it was kind of cool at CES and all, but compared to absolutely anything else that makes use of the Amiga hardware it's pretty underwhelming...

[commodorejohn]

Am I the only one who was never all that infatuated with the boing-ball demo? I'm sure it was kind of cool at CES and all, but compared to absolutely anything else that makes use of the Amiga hardware it's pretty underwhelming...

[takemehomegrandma]

what happened..an OS4 thread and no usual suspect moobunny clan here yet:laughing:

What are you on about now?

I think everyone *expects* Aeon to develop drivers for their system...

[Tripitaka]

Am I the only one who was never all that infatuated with the boing-ball demo? I'm sure it was kind of cool at CES and all, but compared to absolutely anything else that makes use of the Amiga hardware it's pretty underwhelming...

It's a bit like Chinese Mooncakes. It's a tradition and people respect that, but Black Forest Gateau is way nicer.

Hello world, yup, that's Mooncakes too. Tradition, nothing more.

[Hans_]

Am I the only one who was never all that infatuated with the boing-ball demo? I'm sure it was kind of cool at CES and all, but compared to absolutely anything else that makes use of the Amiga hardware it's pretty underwhelming...

Yes, later demos were much more impressive, and got much more out of the Amiga. However, the boing-ball demo was what first got people's attention. When I wrote this remake, my goals were to test certain aspects of the RadeonHD driver, and to prove a concept (3D rendering using 2D compositing). The boing-ball demo's simplicity suited these goals just fine.

Hans

[commodorejohn]

Fair enough. I do recognize the historical significance, I just kind of don't get the degree to which it is enshrined in the Amigan consciousness...

[Derfs]

What are you on about now?

I think everyone *expects* Aeon to develop drivers for their system...

its work done by one person, Hans, for different OS4 hardware, and if anyone wants to bring their own personal issues into this thread instead of supporting great work then thats just sad

[takemehomegrandma]

its work done by one person, hans, for different os4 hardware, and if anyone wants to bring their own personal issues into this thread instead of supporting great work then thats just sad

wtf?!?11!? (Edit: !??!??!11!!??1!!???1!!)

[klx300r]

What are you on about now?
...

usually the opposite of what you're on about;)

@ dammy



@ commodorejohn

the boingball demo was the very first thing many of us ever saw on the first Amiga 1000 back in the day and yes the influence of that original demo still remains strong in my mind ! heck to thinkmy friends back then were praising their Apple II systems with mono graphics and tiny 'beeps' for sound LOL

@ Hans

thanks again !

[Duce]

Real entertaining little demo to watch and a fun nod to history.