From: eg <eg@...>
Date: 2004-02-17T18:14:53+09:00
Subject: Re: Snapshot Graphics Rendering

Killian wrote:
> I would like to use Ruby to render a screenshot of a 3D environment.
> No concern for interactivity, frame rates, hardware acceleration, etc.
> Instead I'd like to dynamically construct a 3D space with Ruby objects
> at run time, and then call a "save to disk" function that would render
> the space and save it as a PNG.
> 
> I've considered writing Ruby code to output POV-Ray source (.AOI), and
> then spawning a POV-Ray process to actually render. But maybe there is
> a better, more Ruby-esque way?
> 
> Thank you for your help, oh Ruby Monks.
> 
>     Killian

What about using OpenGL?