I found that there isn’t too much 3d globe resources. Therefore, I am here to release a new one.
Again, this is a comparison between Papever Vision 3D and Kit 3D. This post is actually a minor modification of my previous article Image Rotating Cube. I suppose the Flash and Silverlight versions will look like more or less the same as in the last one. However, out of my expectation, Kit3D engine seems not generating a textured mapped sphere very well.
As you can see in Silverlight version, I applied a very low segment value to the globe in order to boost the running speed. And you can see the globe is not spinning very smoothly.
The performance problem may be caused by the mesh generating algorithm. If anyone has a better solution to make the globe rotates smoothly, please feel free to share with me.
For you reference, the image map used inside the sample is downloaded from MacDaddy-World.
Comparison
Flash implementation: 30 minutes (Implemented First)
Silverlight implementation: 30 minutes
Source codes
Spinning Globe [Flash 9, AS3] (3.7 MiB, 5,754 hits)
- Spinning Globe [Silverlight 2, C#] (3.3 MiB, 3,765 hits)
March 7th, 2009 at 3:46 pm
Now Flash10 have built-in 3D engine.
March 7th, 2009 at 4:23 pm
[...] The performance problem may be caused by the mesh generating algorithm. If anyone has a better solution to make the globe rotates smoothly, please feel free to share with me. [...]
March 7th, 2009 at 8:31 pm
And so what?
May be in Silverlight there isn’t native 3D Engine, but even not native Kit3D works fantastic in Silverlight.
In this example, 3D Globe in Flash works worse, than in Silverlight.
March 8th, 2009 at 7:56 am
Oleg, how can you look at these samples and say that the Flash example “works worse” ? It rotates without lag, the number of sphere segments is far higher than the Silverlight example resulting in a higher quality sphere. Also, to clarify, there is not built-in 3D library in Flash. There are simply some API hooks that let Papervision perform better. Kit 3D still has a long way to go.
March 9th, 2009 at 12:58 am
great, im looking forward to silverlight 3
March 9th, 2009 at 4:18 am
Could anyone please explain why silverlight is getting any votes at all. Is it the code? .. Thanks
March 9th, 2009 at 7:09 am
If it were to demonstrate Silverlight, that was suisidal!! Though I liked to work with silverlight, that glob was so unreal!! At least I haven’t seen a glob with corners stcking out! I am MS consultant with an MCAD!! But, I have to be honest!
March 9th, 2009 at 10:25 pm
To answer Nick’s question - why is SL getting any votes at all?
It’s a clever trap to identify people who will vote for SL no matter what, so they can be banned from future voting. And maybe removed from results retroactively too.
At least, that’s how I would do it. :)
March 11th, 2009 at 1:43 am
Papervision3D is an excellent 3D Library for AS3! Not only will it make 3D scenes quick it is fast and you can add some rediculiously cool special effects thanks to the work of Andy Zupko. Try doing something like this in Silverlight http://taggalaxy.de/ not going to happen for awhile their needs to be better cleaner solutions in Silverlight 3D I played with Kit3d and decided it just wasn’t a viable solution for me. They need to simplify there api and maybe it shouldn’t be written in JavaScript just an idea. Silverlight is a great product but they need some cool opensource libraries to help it along its way.
April 6th, 2009 at 3:02 pm
Could I please have another spinning Globe, this time colourtful?
Thank you very much
April 6th, 2009 at 3:08 pm
When can I view the next one please?
July 12th, 2009 at 9:53 pm
Flash works better but somethink i happend when silverlight i turn on , play only flash and see .. for me flash is faster
July 18th, 2009 at 12:55 pm
flash is always good and better than silverlight.
now it supports 3d too. its getting better day by day.
July 31st, 2009 at 9:39 pm
Flash is faster, but if you start both Silverlight take much CPU so lock Flash. I think that the problem is on Silverlight, not on Flash.
September 27th, 2009 at 1:05 pm
[...] Terence Tsang implemented a Rotating Globe sample using Kit3D. [...]
October 3rd, 2009 at 5:12 pm
I love how silverlight has a 16 sided globe!
December 2nd, 2009 at 10:56 am
LOL, that silverlight globe looks totally retarded, Silverlight surely has some things to refactor, but still… it’s so funny seeing you goofballs whine about what is better… WHATEVER!! I’ll use what suits the situation the best, and it’s not always flash, thats for sure.
January 8th, 2010 at 4:47 am
Use this for the Silverlight object and it should be faster:
At default GPU support in Silverlight is disabled.
But i think this param is only in Silverlight 3 available.
January 8th, 2010 at 4:48 am
Hmm, HTML-Tags not working here.
enableGPUAcceleration = true
March 13th, 2010 at 1:02 pm
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