With FireMonkey (FMX), you can create fully cross-platform GPU-powered graphical user interfaces using different 3D APIs on different platforms. This post shows FireMonkey 3D programming and building of interactive cross-platform 3D GUIs using Embarcadero’s RAD Studio (C++ Builder or Delphi). Cross-platform 3D rendering The foundation of the FireMonkey graphics architecture is abstracting away the underlying 3D API from the developer. The FireMonkey framework comes with pre-built, reusable 3D...

【Delphi / C++Builder / Starter】3Dアプリケーションに、視点 カメラを追加してみよう 以前、「クロスプラットフォーム開発環境 Delphi / C++Builder で 3D表示のアプリを作る」の題名で、3D表示のアプリの作成をご紹介しましたが、今回、この3Dのアプリに、「カメラ」機能を加え、このカメラからの視点で3D表示を行う方法をご紹介します。 以前の「3D表示のアプリを作る」ではアニメーションを使って3Dの球体をくるくると回しましたが、今度は視点カメラのほうを、３Dの物体を中心に動かして、くるくる回っているように見せます。 余談ですが、Delphi / C++Builder はコンポーネントが豊富にあって、本当にアプリを作るのが楽です。コードを書く量が少ない！ 話を戻します。3Dモデルを作ったアプリの作成は、無料で使えるStarter Editionでも、Windows 32bit向け限定ではありますが、作成できます。Delphi / C++Builder の Starter Edition はこちらの記事をご参考に。 すでにDelphi ...

統合開発環境 Delphi / C++Builder で 3D表示のアプリを作る （無償で使えるStarter Editionでも可能）[JAPAN] クロスプラットフォーム開発環境 Delphi / C++Builder を使用して かんたんに 3D表示のアプリを作成する手順をご紹介します。この一つの手順で、iOS, Android, Windows, macOSで動作するアプリを作れる事が魅力。 アプリ内で3D表示を行うことができれば、3D のモデリングや、3D空間のシミュレーションを行うなど、新しいアプリの利用方法が広がります。例えば小さな一部屋内での家具の配置を試すようなアプリを作ったり、大きな町一つを丸ごと、バーチャルリアリティの世界として作る、といったことにも利用できるでしょう。 Delphi / C++Builder を使った 最も基本的な3Dアプリ作成のチュートリアルは、エンバカデロのDocwikiに「チュートリアル FireMonkey 3Dアプリケーションを作成する」という題名で記載されています。より詳しい情報を知りたい方は、こちらのDocwikiもご参考にな...

Developer luxidea over on the LUXOPHIA GitHub account has quite a few 3D demos for Delphi FireMonkey featuring various techniques including Volume Rendering, Textures, Shaders, Materials, Polygons, Models, and more. If you are looking to work with 3D and FireMonkey this probably a pretty good place to start. The demos appear to be mainly targeted at Windows as some of them use some Direct3D features but others may just be straight FireMonkey 3D. You can check out a screenshot from each proj...

I'm back from one week of trekking in beautiful Beskid Śląski mountains in Poland with my batteries fully recharged. I find doing webinars for Delphi developers a specially fun thing, so why not to schedule some for coming weeks? To keep it simple I'm going to standardise on 60 minutes sessions on Wednesdays starting at 11AM Amsterdam time (10AM UK). All webinars will be followed by a live Q&A sessions. If you have time and feel like hopefully learning something new, please register to my w...

The New Year 2016 has just begun and we are all at Embarcadero busy with new ideas and activities. This week I have the privilege to kick off the new series of "Developer Skill Sprint" webinars with "3D Data Visualization" session. This time every week we have one theme with two webinars. Each Tuesday there is Delphi skill sprint and each Thursday there is its C++Builder version. The full schedule of 2016 Spring Skill Sprints until March 31st is available at www.embarcadero.com/landing-pages/ski...

Just back from Software Development Conference in Israel. There was probably around 600 attendees gathered in Hilton Tel Aviv hotel. It is always great to meet existing, loyal Delphi developers. They are very happy with the latest versions of RAD Studio. At conferences like this it is also interesting to meet developers new to Delphi and C++Builder. Embarcadero message of "native multi-device development from one source code" resonates very well and developers love the possibility t...

I'm in sunny Ankara, the capital of Turkey, for the Android Developer Days 2015 conference. Embarcadero has its booth here and I had a pleasure to do two live sessions yesterday to young and happy developers. The first session was about developing "Fast Apps Fast" with Delphi XE8 and it attracted more people that could possibly fit into the presentation room. The second session was about building Delphi XE8 proximity-aware apps with new "TBeacon" component. I like good energy of this conference...

FMXExpress posted an article with links to the source code for a Flappy Bird clone for Delphi XE5 that runs on iOS and Android. There are links to three source code projects: Flappy Firemonkey Prototype Source Code For Delphi XE5 Flappy Firemonkey 3D Prototype Source Code For Delphi XE5 Firemonkey 3D Delphi XE5 Firemonkey Flappy Bird Clone by Croco Tronic Enjoy the fun!...

Rubik's Cube Application This post is the English version of my previous post. Today during our online event "Le Dev du Jeudi" Episode 7 we developed a Rubik's Cube mobile application. The orginal version of the application was created by Pascal Fonteneau. So you can download the source files of the mobile version for Delphi XE5 here  : http://cc.embarcadero.com/Item/29719 Here is some screenshots of the application : And you can also found the application on Google play here : h...