From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Chris McGee <newton688@gmail.com>
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Date: Wed, 12 Oct 2016 19:03:47 -0400
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Subject: [9fans] 3D graphics as a filesystem
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Hello All,

I am looking at the specs for a GPU and was thinking about something analogo=
us to /dev/draw, but for 3D graphics. Kind of like OpenGL except exposed as a=
 filesystem so that it is network mountable and programmed in any language (=
even rc).

Does anyone know if this kind of thing has been done before for plan 9? Any r=
elevant papers or documents out there?

My first thought involves representing elements in the graphics pipeline as f=
iles where you can write shader language code. Also a vertex file to write o=
r read floating point vertex data. Maybe something more abstract would be be=
tter with scene graph and camera controls would be better match for a filesy=
stem implementation.

Thanks,
Chris=