[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] All the good projects are done! was: pluckerviewer for 770

[From: Karoliina.T.Salminen at nokia.com]

Hi,

> So I've made 3 attempts to get started on "original" project 
> ideas, and find 
> lots of folks either already working on them, or already completed!
> 
> So, in addition to a wiki page that could list projects "done and in 
> progress"

That would be a good idea (IMHO). 

> How about a list of projects or ideas looking for developers?

It would be a good idea too.

> Hey, does the 770 support OpenGL?

Not yet if you or somebody else does not hack it. The problem
is in the 770 is the floating point speed of OMAP ARM (or lack of it) and no dedicated 
3D hardware acceleration. However, the processor is fast enough to do some
3D on software, I used to play 3D games on PCs slower than N770. 
If someone could hack a integer-software-OpenGL, it would be pretty 
cool for running OpenGL apps and games.

About projects that are not announced: I am doing a VFR flight planner software
for N770. I am doing it mainly because I need one by myself. Several other
private pilots have also been interested in it, so I think there is some demand for
that too. However, there is nothing to report, I have just about started, it does
some XML parsing, has a simple GUI and renders some text (that is parsed from the
xml) with pango. Nothing useful yet, it doesn't even do what it is supposed to do later.
Better not to tell too much before I have something to show to not end up with
vaporware that never gets finished. That is hobby project and not a work project and because of that
it advances very slowly as I am doing it on my spare time. It is going to contain
information about airfields (controlled and uncontrolled) and is going to have some
features to do some VFR flight planning from airfield to another and perhaps calculate
some real time information in-flight that is useful. 

If somebody could hack integer-based OpenGL, we could use it for compiling
OpenGC (open source glass cockpit) that would enable N770 to be used as a
display unit for some EFIS functionality on experiemental aircrafts (assuming
that there is a separate gyro box that is connected to N770 with some 
way, e.g. bluetooth, wlan or USB). That is an another hobby project, and not a company-related 
project. Flight simulator folks might also want to use OpenGC for flight simulator
use. It would be less expensive to mount a N770 to a home cockpit panel than buy a yet another
computer for that purpose.

Best Regards,
Karoliina

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