Voxel Space

Voxel Space
Developer(s)	Novalogic, Kyle Freeman
Type	3D graphics engine
Website	http://www.novalogic.com/

Voxel Space was a voxel raster graphics rendering engine invented by Novalogic developer and vice-president of technology, Kyle Freeman.^[1]^[2] The company was issued a patent for the technology in early 2000.^[3]^[4]

History

The original Voxel Space engine was patented in 1996, and first released in software in the 1992 release Comanche Maximum Overkill. The engine was then revamped into Voxel Space 2, and later Voxel Space 32 and used in Armored Fist 3 and Delta Force 2.

The technology was based on that of MRI Scanners and similar technology was used in games such as Outcast. With the advance of computation power in modern computers there do exist browser based versions of similar technology based on the Voxel Space terrain rendering used in Comanche.^[5]

The version of the engine used in the Comanche series utilized ray-tracing every pixel of the volumetric terrain data.^[6]

Versions

Voxel Space 3D:
Voxel Space 2:
Voxel Space 32: 32-bit rendering, 16 million color support, 360 degrees of transformation.^[7]

List of games

The technology was used in a number of commercial game titles.^[8]^[9]

References

↑ "NovaLogic Awarded Patent for Unique 3-D Graphics Engine; Voxel Space 2 Becomes Game Publisher's Third Patented Invention. - Free Online Library". thefreelibrary.com. Retrieved 2015-08-13.
↑ "Beyond Triangles – GigaVoxels Effects in Video Games" (PDF). 17 August 2009. Retrieved 2015-08-13.
↑ "Voxel's Unite in Graphic Glory as NovaLogic is Issued Patent - IGN". ign.com. Retrieved 2015-08-13.
↑ "Gamasutra - Nova Logic Patented". gamasutra.com. Retrieved 2015-08-13.
↑ "Voxel Space in the game Comanche". simulationcorner.net. Retrieved 2015-08-13.
↑ Wikipedians, B. 3D Rendering. PediaPress. p. 176. Retrieved 2015-08-13.
↑ "FlightSim.Com - NovaLogic Awarded Patent For Voxel Space Graphics Engine". flightsim.com. Retrieved 2015-08-13.
↑ "3D Engine: Voxel Space". mobygames.com. Retrieved 2015-08-13.
↑ "NovaLogic: Legal Information". novalogic.com. Retrieved 2015-08-13.

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Game engines (list)

Free and
open-source

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Mix	Allegro Construct Classic Godot Lightweight Java Game Library Spring Wintermute Engine

Proprietary

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3D	4A Amazon Lumberyard Anvil Bork3D C4 Chrome Clausewitz Engine Creation CryEngine Crystal Tools Decima Diesel Dunia EAGL EGO Elflight Enforce Enigma Essence Flare3D Fox Frostbite Geo-Mod GoldSrc HeroEngine HydroEngine HPL 2-3 id Tech 5 id Tech 6 Ignite IW Jade Kinetica LS3D LithTech Luminous Studio LyN Marmalade Mizuchi MT Framework Outerra Panta Rhei PhyreEngine Q Real Virtuality REDengine Refractor Riot RAGE SAGE Serious Shark 3D ShiVa Silent Storm Source Titan TOSHI Truevision3D Unigine Unity Unreal Vision Visual3D XnGine X-Ray YETI Zero

Mix	Gamebryo Hybrid Graphics Kaneva Game Platform Metismo

Historical interest

Proprietary
middleware
(list)

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