Visual3D Game Engine

<h2 id="history">History</h2>
<p><i>Visual3D Game Engine</i> is the commercial successor to the open-source RealmForge Game Engine with roots going back to the <a href="/facts/OGRE/ec2xhxmX">OGRE</a> 3D <a href="/facts/Open-source_software/HzTaB8E9">open-source</a> engine. Visual3D is the flagship product of PowerAccess predecessor Realmware Corporation, based in <a href="/facts/Seattle%2c_Washington/7lYIrCa6">Seattle, Washington</a>.
</p><p>Visual3D was founded by Dan Moorehead, who, in addition to founding PowerAccess and RealmForge, had also lead development of the <a href="/facts/Axiom_Engine/ec2xhxmX">Axiom Engine</a> (a C# port of <a href="/facts/OGRE/ec2xhxmX">OGRE</a>) and <a href="/facts/CEGUI/Bem4a3E0">CEGUI#</a> (a C# port of <a href="/facts/CEGUI/Bem4a3E0">CEGUI</a> <a href="/facts/Graphical_user_interface/wBlQFWDP">GUI</a> <a href="/facts/Library_(computing)/xRzL3P7q">library</a>).
</p><p>Visual3D has 30,000 registered users, and, as of July 2008, <i>Visual3D Game Engine</i> has been employed for multiple private business projects and by the <a href="/facts/United_States_Department_of_Defense/dWAvf7e3">US Department of Defense</a> for <a href="/facts/Military_simulation/5qjV8o4x">military simulation</a> and <a href="/facts/Military_training/19cluazx">training</a>.  Also in 2008, <i>Visual3D Game Engine</i> has begun to permeate education and <a href="/facts/Independent_game_development/yacpsYTA">Indie</a> sectors as a part of the recent <a href="/facts/Microsoft_XNA/s6FcgmV2">XNA</a> trends.
</p><p>Visual3D license editions included Indie, Professional, Enterprise, Enterprise Source, as well as Free editions for Open-Source and Educational use.
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<h2 id="migration-of-game-development-to-managed-languages-with-c-microsoft-xna-and-monogame">Migration of game development to managed languages with C#, Microsoft XNA and MonoGame</h2>
<p>Following Visual3D predecessor RealmForge Game Engine's success as the first 3D game engine and integrated development toolset for C# and .NET, and it features as the cover story for <i>Software Developer's Journal</i> July 2015 <i>3D Games in .NET</i> issue, <a href="/facts/Microsoft/nGIDDXdx">Microsoft</a> announced the first public release of its <a href="/facts/Microsoft_XNA/s6FcgmV2">Microsoft XNA Framework and XNA Game Studio</a> products in the August 2006 keynote speech at Microsoft Gamefest conference, confirming the viability of C# and .NET for game development and opening up <a href="/facts/Xbox_360/dYlE3mL5">Xbox 360</a> and <a href="/facts/IBM_PC_compatible/zGUpl7Sh">PC</a> for <a href="/facts/Game_development/bzbpfYJd">game development</a> by <a href="/facts/Independent_game_development/yacpsYTA">Indies</a> and students with C# and .NET.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:1" href="#fn:1"><sup>1</sup></a><a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:2" href="#fn:2"><sup>2</sup></a>
</p><p>This announcement set into motion the rise of many new <a href="/facts/Microsoft_XNA/s6FcgmV2">XNA</a>-based <a href="/facts/Game_engines/lojx7lTG">game engines</a>, such as <a href="/facts/Torque_Game_Engine/QIj06qIR">Torque X</a>, a rewrite of <a href="/facts/GarageGames/CMkUB3Rh">GarageGames</a>'s popular <a href="/facts/Torque_(game_engine)/QIj06qIR">Torque Game Engine</a> in C# using the XNA Framework.
</p><p><a href="/facts/Microsoft/nGIDDXdx">Microsoft</a>'s <a href="/facts/Microsoft_XNA/s6FcgmV2">XNA</a> initiative is a part of the larger trend for gaming technology migrating from traditional <a href="/facts/C%252B%252B/Et0F2qn9">C++</a> to higher level <a href="/facts/Managed_code/3jJfe94N">managed languages</a>, such as <a href="/facts/Java_(programming_language)/9ScgFyAL">Java</a>, <a href="/facts/C_Sharp_(programming_language)/UC2gxeyb">C#</a>, and <a href="/facts/VB.NET/09mPEo4q">VB.NET</a>, which is a continuation of the historic trends for the migration of software development from <a href="/facts/Low-level_programming_language/EEpKS6mb">lower level languages</a> such as <a href="/facts/Assembly_language/7XuV0cla">Assembly</a> and <a href="/facts/C_(programming_language)/Ky2No763">C</a> to <a href="/facts/High-level_language/smjECUhx">higher level languages</a> such as <a href="/facts/C%252B%252B/Et0F2qn9">C++</a>.
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<h2 id="external-links">External links</h2>
<ul><li><a href="https://www.poweraccess.net/visual3d-game-engine">Visual3D Game Engine</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.PowerAccess.net/MicrosoftAccess-ExcelQuery-Database">PowerAccess for Microsoft Access</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>"Microsoft Invites World to Create Its Own Xbox 360 Console Games for the First Time". Microsoft. Archived from the original on July 20, 2008. <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080720044732/http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/aug06/08-13xnagamestudiopr.mspx" target="_blank">https://web.archive.org/web/20080720044732/http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/press/2006/aug06/08-13xnagamestudiopr.mspx</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>"Microsoft to Enable User-Created XBox360 Games". <a href="http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=10458" target="_blank">http://www.gamasutra.com/php-bin/news_index.php?story=10458</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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Visual3D Game Engine