Real-time 3D engine created in Excel - bit-tech.net Forums

CardJoe · 7th Mar 2008, 07:46

http://www.bit-tech.net/news/2008/03...ted_in_excel/1

A bored hacker has worked out a novel way of creating a real-time 3D rendering engine using nothing more than the Excel spreadsheet package from Microsoft.

DarkLord7854 · 7th Mar 2008, 07:54

Moar cowbell!

Agent_M · 7th Mar 2008, 09:57

thats pretty cool:P my housemate started work on a 3d program simmilar to this on his spectrum, sadly he stopped due to uni work. it almost works though!

Bluephoenix · 7th Mar 2008, 10:00

make a game system using it and then make casual games for it.

since it requires nothing but excel itself, it would be a big hit on locked workstations

naokaji · 7th Mar 2008, 10:34

thats the innovative spirit the industry needs, sure, what he created there is utterly pointless, but he seems like the kind of guy that actually has the balls to think of something away from the beaten path and then take it past the concept stage.

DeXtmL · 7th Mar 2008, 13:36

Generally, he has got a amazing idea in transforming cells in a table into "pixels". However, this is not a hard job for a veteran 3D developer. so i can't say he is of great skill.

The_Beast · 7th Mar 2008, 22:21

^^^ it's still pretty cool ^^^

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Agent_M Supermodder Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: bristol Posts: 442	thats pretty cool:P my housemate started work on a 3d program simmilar to this on his spectrum, sadly he stopped due to uni work. it almost works though!

7th Mar 2008, 10:00	#4
Bluephoenix Spoon? What spoon? Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Daytona Beach, FL Posts: 936	make a game system using it and then make casual games for it. since it requires nothing but excel itself, it would be a big hit on locked workstations