6
FireMonkey in 3D
FireMonkey user interface controls offer a powerful multi-platform and multi-device development solution based on a single source code, with Delphi offering you the ability to build a native app for each target operating system. There are other solutions in this space, some of them more popular, even if not as powerful. What is unique to Delphi is having a component library, similar to the 2D one, for 3D programming. With FireMonkey, we can create fully cross-platform GPU-powered GUIs, based on a specific 3D API on each platform.
In this chapter, we are going to add the third dimension to our FireMonkey projects. We will cover the following points:
- Cross-platform 3D rendering
- Direct use of Context3D
- Ready-to-use 3D objects ...
Get Expert Delphi - Second Edition now with the O’Reilly learning platform.
O’Reilly members experience books, live events, courses curated by job role, and more from O’Reilly and nearly 200 top publishers.
