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Real-time itself is not managed by OPALE, so it is the responsibility of the user to ensure that the data sent to the software through its interface is real-time data. However, the software does provide the following two basic functions for effective use:
- Synchronization of the display between a 3D view and its 2D projection at any given time.
- Optimized execution of commands in order to prevent buffering, which would ruin any possibility of real time operation, from taking place.
The software is similar to a "black box", and therefore is not controlled by means of a graphic interface; the user may, nevertheless, interact using the standard input, a command pipe or a file by sending commands.
OPALE software has been designed to run on the following platforms:
- Windows 2000/XP
- Solaris version 2.7 or higher
- OPALE also runs on all UNIX platforms where OpenGL is available.
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