Do you know the guys working on XTK [1]? They are also working out of Boston Children's Hospital. They have an awesome medical library for webGL based applications. If so, tell them I say hi!
Your story reminds me of my current struggle with a massive medical company in orthopedics and when I learned to never say the word hack again. I was brand new to medical working with WebGL to create a web based bone cutter app for surgeons. Marketing was behind this project idea and had to have it on the Ipad. I used ludei [2] to natively port it to Android and iOS support wasn't completely implemented when I presented to marketing. They demanded it be on the Ipad, I could promise if & when it would be available but suggested a possible 'hack' to get around the Ipad's webGL limitation. They flipped shit on the word hack and went bezerk. I feel your pain.
Somewhat offtopic---do you have an opinion on ludei vs. phonegap, or know someone who does? Working on a js project I'd like to port to mobile, and somewhat bewildered by the choices...
PhoneGap just runs on the built-in web controls of the platform. Ludei reimplements the web control to run faster. Generally you only use the latter for games and graphics intensive apps.
I haven't personally used phonegap. I have had a fried/co-worker who really likes it though. For me personally, ludei solved the problem of getting WebGL to run on the other devices and that's why I used it. I think phonegap is more well known compared to ludei (just my personal feeling) and thus may have a bigger community around it. If it's an application I would say look into phonegap if it's a game look into ludei. Or try both and see which one you prefer.
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Do you know the guys working on XTK [1]? They are also working out of Boston Children's Hospital. They have an awesome medical library for webGL based applications. If so, tell them I say hi!
Your story reminds me of my current struggle with a massive medical company in orthopedics and when I learned to never say the word hack again. I was brand new to medical working with WebGL to create a web based bone cutter app for surgeons. Marketing was behind this project idea and had to have it on the Ipad. I used ludei [2] to natively port it to Android and iOS support wasn't completely implemented when I presented to marketing. They demanded it be on the Ipad, I could promise if & when it would be available but suggested a possible 'hack' to get around the Ipad's webGL limitation. They flipped shit on the word hack and went bezerk. I feel your pain.
[1] http://www.goxtk.com
[2] http://www.ludei.com
Somewhat offtopic---do you have an opinion on ludei vs. phonegap, or know someone who does? Working on a js project I'd like to port to mobile, and somewhat bewildered by the choices...
PhoneGap just runs on the built-in web controls of the platform. Ludei reimplements the web control to run faster. Generally you only use the latter for games and graphics intensive apps.
I haven't personally used phonegap. I have had a fried/co-worker who really likes it though. For me personally, ludei solved the problem of getting WebGL to run on the other devices and that's why I used it. I think phonegap is more well known compared to ludei (just my personal feeling) and thus may have a bigger community around it. If it's an application I would say look into phonegap if it's a game look into ludei. Or try both and see which one you prefer.
Winslow, would you send me an email? Thanks, Jim