G3D is a commercial-grade C++ 3D engine. It is used in commercial games, research papers, military simulators, and university courses. G3D supports real-time rendering, off-line rendering like ray tracing, and general purpose computation on GPUs.

As of January 16, 2018, SourceForge is again the home of the active repository for G3D.

Features

  • Supports 3DS, OBJ, MP4, PNG, JPG, MD3 and tons of other formats
  • Includes a native OpenGL skinnable GUI
  • Real-time hardware rendering and ray tracing

Project Samples

Planet sample shader Real-time Path Tracing Images by Inq Games using a G3D-based engine Airburner Game Jam Renaissance-style racing by Kyle Whitson and Aaron Schwartz Anime Robot from Hardware Determined Edge Features

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Categories

Games, 3D Rendering, Scientific/Engineering, Education

License

BSD License

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  • thanhphatnguyen Posted 2026-02-19
    fantastic
  • sergeysmotrov Posted 2013-05-06
    Wow, really impressive!
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  • nosovmisha Posted 2013-04-14
    A very handy utility. Simply and useful! Works perfect!
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  • wicenki Posted 2012-04-24
    thanks man, great soft!
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  • yodaj Posted 2011-07-11
    good job
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Additional Project Details

Operating Systems

BSD, Linux, Mac, Windows

Languages

English

Intended Audience

Developers, Education, Science/Research

User Interface

Cocoa (MacOS X), OpenGL, Project is a 3D engine, Project is a graphics toolkit, Win32 (MS Windows), X Window System (X11)

Programming Language

C++, Java

Related Categories

C++ Games, C++ 3D Rendering Software, C++ Scientific Engineering, C++ Education Software, Java Games, Java 3D Rendering Software, Java Scientific Engineering, Java Education Software

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2003-03-20
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