SceneKit

<p>SceneKit, sometimes rendered Scene Kit, is a <a href="/facts/3D_graphics/zlWW6eaF">3D graphics</a> <a href="/facts/Application_programming_interface/GMlN4vUr">application programming interface</a> (API) for <a href="/facts/Apple_Inc./oTJYta3k">Apple Inc.</a> platforms written in <a href="/facts/Objective-C/5mM557BW">Objective-C</a>. It is a high-level framework designed to provide an easy-to-use layer over the lower level APIs like <a href="/facts/OpenGL/xQoMWePr">OpenGL</a> and <a href="/facts/Metal_(API)/DIbAxKF6">Metal</a>. SceneKit maintains an <a href="/facts/Object_oriented/TxNMEcao">object based</a> <a href="/facts/Scene_graph/faNe9vSu">scene graph</a>, along with a <a href="/facts/Physics_engine/lAsEdSA4">physics engine</a>, <a href="/facts/Particle_system/Jftr3YAQ">particle system</a>, and links to <a href="/facts/Core_Animation/mmFvK5zA">Core Animation</a> and other frameworks to easily animate that display. SceneKit views can be mixed with other views, for instance, allowing a SpriteKit 2D display to be mapped onto the surface of an object in SceneKit, or a UIBezierPath from <a href="/facts/Core_Graphics/FLvFwpYt">Core Graphics</a> to define the geometry of a SceneKit object. SceneKit also supports import and export of 3D scenes using the <a href="/facts/COLLADA/SEslfjPj">COLLADA</a> format. SceneKit was first released for <a href="/facts/MacOS/Y93vVpTm">macOS</a> in 2012, and <a href="/facts/IOS/mK5cggH5">iOS</a> in 2014.
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SceneKit