kinskiGL is a set of portable C++ libraries useful for cross-platform OpenGL applications.

currently known to compile and work for these platforms:

• MacOS 10.12
• Ubuntu Desktop 16.04.3 LTS
• iOS
• Rasbian Stretch on Rasberry Pi
• Linaro Strech on Asus Tinkerboard

the basic library-structure:

• core

  • image IO
  • asynchronous networking
  • serial ports
  • timers
  • property/component framework
  • serialization
  • threadpools
  • utilities

• gl

  • linear algebra utilities
  • drawing utilities
  • geometric primitives, ray-casting
  • scenegraph, forward/deferred rendering paths
  • physically based lights and materials (PBR)
  • image based lighting using HDR cubemaps or panoramas (IBL)
  • post-fx (FXAA, Depth-of-Field)
  • output warping (a.k.a. projection mapping)

• app

  • lightweight application framework
  • rpc-interface
  • UI components

• samples

  • empty template
  • media player with support for network-syncing and warping
  • 3D viewer with forward/deferred rendering paths.

• modules

  a list of optional modules can be used, offering a variety of functionality. including but not not limited to

  • blocking- / non-blocking http, using libcurl
  • integration of scenegraph elements with the Bullet Physics Library, offering rigid- and softbody physics
  • integration of the Asset Import Library (assimp) for loading 3D models and scenes
  • an L-System implementation for generating procedural meshes
  • OpenCL-based particlesystem, using CL/GL interop

TODO:

• dependencies, build instructions
• introduction to samples (media player, 3D viewer)