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Light Speed! - Simulates a geometric lattice

Light Speed! is an OpenGL-based program which illustrates the effects of special relativity on the appearance of moving objects. When an object accelerates past a few million meters per second, these effects begin to grow noticeable, becoming more and more pronounced as the speed of light is approached. These relativistic effects are viewpoint-dependent, and include shifts in length, object hue, brightness and shape.

The moving object is, by default, a geometric lattice. 3D Studio and LightWave 3D objects may be imported as well. Best of all, the simulator is completely interactive, rendering the exotic distortions in real-time!



Obtaining

Web pagehttp://packages.debian.org/unstable/misc/lightspeed.html
Source tarballhttp://packages.debian.org/unstable/misc/lightspeed.html
Version 1.2-222 (stable) released on 2003-08-04
Licensed under MPL.
This is not a GNU package.

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  • Antony Searle

Related information

InterfacesX Window System
Source languagesC
Use requirementsOpenGL or Mesa 3D; GTK+ 1.0.1 or later
Build prerequisitesGtkGLArea
Weak prerequisiteslibtiff, libpng

Entry information

License verified byJanet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org> on 2001-08-31
Entry compiled byJanet Casey <jcasey@gnu.org>

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