I think we are a pc-generation away from easy-to-use-and-widespread 3d graphics, I read that the new versions of MSWindows will have a 3d desktop (but only if your computer can handle it). Most can't.

It would be nice to have a straight forward 3d language, where you initialize with an x,y,z dimension, then have simple statements like 

my $space = Space->new(
               -x =>  [-1000, 1000],
               -y =>  [-1000, 1000],
               -z => [-1000, 1000]
               );

my $sphere = $space->new('Sphere',
       -origin => [2,2,2],
       -radius => 5,
       -fill => #abcdef,
       -transparency => .30,
       -azimuth => .5
)->pack;

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And it will come, but not until we all have $1000 graphics cards( by today's costs ), and bigger memory and processors. Until then, real 3d will exist only in high end speciality equipment, with their own special languages. Sure you can hack around with SDL and PDL with 3d extensions, but it is only a toy compared to what it should(could) be. Look at what it takes for the movie houses to make 3d movies. They have a room full of highpowered computers, all networked, and it takes them days to produce a few useful frames. I think they use assembly language for all the computations and manipulations.
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In reply to Re^3: OPENGL perl widgets by zentara
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