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Open 3D Scientific Visualization Toolkit

Posted by CowboyNeal on from the look-what-we-done dept.

Mark Leaman writes "The Science Museum of Minnesota has just announced an online community site for scientific visualization, including thier Open 3D Visualization Toolkit that includes Blender and the GIMP as part of the core development tools. Frustrated with a lack of consolidated resources and discussion about open-source, scientific visualization development tools, the Science Museum of Minnesota's Learning Technologies Department decided to develop their own."

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  1. Never would have happened without govt help by Dancin_Santa · · Score: 5, Insightful

    These museums, with very few exceptions are almost purely supported with government funds. They just can't make back the cost of upkeep, much less salaries, on the few dollars they make through admission fees.

    There are a few that can make ends meet by appealing to private business, but for the most part these museums are supported with public money.

    Now the point of all this government talk is that sometimes it takes the government to do something good and worthwhile for the general public. If it were up to the private sector, such an undertaking would 1) not have been undertaken in the first place and 2) if it were developed, it wouldn't have been released as OSS.

    Hooray for these hackers! And thank god they've got an enlightened government supporting them.