	University of California, Berkeley EECS Dept, CS Division
Jordan Smith	SLIDE: Scene Language for Interactive Dynamic Environments	Prof. Carlo H. Séquin

SLIDE: Scene Language for Interactive Dynamic Environments

SLIDE is a language for describing and interacting with hierarchical, dynamic environments. The SLIDE viewer parses ".slf" into a hierachical DAG which can be rendered using a OpenGL for the 3D graphics and TCL/TK for the windowing interface. SLIDE also uses TCL as its dynamics scripting language. This makes it very convient to then use TK widgets to control and interact with scene elements.

SLIDE is intended to be simple for educational purposes. There is an all software implementation of the SLIDE viewer which is broken down into 10 assignments about the graphics pipeline. The rendering pipeline implemented roughly follows the OpenGL model of rendering, and is designed to be easily implemented in a single semester.

Goals
Publications
People
Using SLIDE at Berkeley
Developer Information
Documentation
- SLIDE Language Docs
- Man Pages
Gallery
Software Distribution
Tutorial
SLIDE Graphics Pipeline
- Course Outline
- Assignments
Related Links
- Tcl/Tk Man Pages
- OpenGL API Reference Page
- Mesa Home Page (free, slow, platform independent software implementation of OpenGL)
- Togl Home Page (A single file for an OpenGL widget for TCL/TK which we include, but you might want to check for a newer version)
- RenderMan Home Page
- Renderman File Specifications
- Blue Moon Rendering Tools Home Page (We suggest this free RenderMan substitute)

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