These are some of the things we are doing now. Unless otherwise stated, they are only available in the latest developer version (0.19) in CVS.

• New RT scene format
  A new RT scene format. A much easier-to-modify grammar with more flexible types, automatic conversion, more global functions, and object-based functions. Anyone who has used C, C++, or Java for programming should recognize and feel more comfortable with some of the constructs and syntax used here.
  
  This new RT format is breaking backwards compatibility. The old language was nearly impossible to modify, and full of bugs. As such, I think this is a HUGE leap forwards for panorama. A translator from the old language to the new one was in progress, and may become active again.
• Quadrics
  Quadric shapes have been added, and are nearly functional. They will allow the creation of cones, cylinders, spheres, paraboloids, spheroids, and other shapes that can be defined by a quadratic function.

These are some of the things we were doing, however, time constraints and lack of interest have put these on hold:

• An event driven procedural language for animation.
• A zbuffer based renderer.

Copyright (C) 2003 Kevin Harris
Copyright (C) 1999 Angel Jimenez Jimenez

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