Away3D Twitter Search
May 7, 2011
Finally got the time to work with the latest Away3D version. To try it out I’ve made a simple Flash app that uses Twitter API to search tweets. It uses Away3D 4 for 3D rendering, JiglibFlash Away Physics for physics, Eaze Tween for tweening, MinimalComps for UI controls.
One thing to note is demo can be a bit slow. This is entirely due to physics, not the rendering. JiglibFlash uses AS3 for its calculations. With lots of objects it can slow things down noticeably. Hopefully it will be faster in the future. Still it’s a great library with very simple API. Away3D 4 API is quite simple as well and makes working with HW accelerated graphics in FP 11 very easy. Even though version 4 has got a lot of very nice features to play with, it does feel a bit limited compared to version 3. But version 4 is still in alpha stage so more features will probably come later. Still it is very stable and easy to get started with.
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