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Scripting like webvr?
I know Carmack worked on a scripting language but seems to have abandoned it for the time being.
I've seen three.js / webvr, which is cool but a bit juddery unfortunately and not very performant.
Any other good, high performance alternatives?
I've seen three.js / webvr, which is cool but a bit juddery unfortunately and not very performant.
Any other good, high performance alternatives?
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- High Fidelity lets you build worlds with scriptable entities, or run client scripts that allow you to create tools or customize the UI.
- I recommend luajit: http://luajit.org/ It's as fast as can be and the ffi lets you call directly into any DLL/.so(such as OpenGL).
Here's a writeup about using it for VR with sample code: http://jimbo00000.github.io/opengl/portable/programming/vr/scripting/2016/01/09/vr-scripting.html - Someone mentioned High Fidelity, but not Second Life? There's also OpenSim. Both use a language called LSL, Linden Scripting Language, to deal with in world objects and stuff. It's a crap language, with more quirks than features.
I'll also recommend LuaJIT though. Fastest scripting language around, which is one reason why I'm using it for my rewrite of OpenSim. I already have an experimental LSL -> LuaJIT compiler. It compiles several orders of magnitude faster than either SL or OS. I've not benchmarked actual running performance yet, but I expect it to be really fast.
