Bug#578461: RFP: jreality -- visualization and sonification library and viewer

[David Bremner <bremner@unb.ca>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist


* Package name    : jreality
  Version         : 20100419+svn5131
  Upstream Author : Peter Brinkmann <pbnewyork@gmail.com>,
                    Charles Gunn <gunn@math.tu-berlin.de>,
		    Tim Hoffman <hoffmann@math.tu-berlin.de>,
		    Ulrich Pinkall <pinkall@math.tu-berlin.de>,
		    Stefan Sechelmann <sechel@math.tu-berlin.de>,
		    Steffen Weissmann <weissman@math.tu-berlin.de>
* URL             : http://www3.math.tu-berlin.de/jreality/
* License         : BSD
  Programming Lang: Java
  Description     : visualization and sonification library 


jReality is a visualization and sonification library focused on
mathematical and scientific content.  jReality has intrinsic support
for not only euclidean geometry but also for hyperbolic and
elliptic/spherical geometry.

jReality provides a wide set of rendering backends, including not only
real-time rendering on a desktop and in immersive virtual reality
environments, but also a variety of exportable file formats, including
RenderMan® for high-quality stills and movies; and PostScript, PDF and
SVG for publications.

jReality supports spatialized audio. Various sound sources (e.g.,
audio files or software synthesizers) can be placed in the 3D
scene. The audio can then be rendered on a wide range of speaker
setups including stereo, 5.1 surround, and arbitrary Ambisonics
rigs. 

Notes:

Besides being cool, this will apparently be the official visualization
tool for polymake, which I am packaging (really, I am!).