Open Inventor - Open Inventor By VSG

Open Inventor By VSG

Open Inventor (by VSG)
Stable release 9.2 / Oct 25, 2012
Written in C++ .NET Java
Platform Cross-platform
Website www.openinventor.com

Open Inventor was later opened for 3rd-party licensing, which is when it switched from “IRIS” to “Open“. It was licensed to two third party developers, Template Graphics Software (TGS) and Portable Graphics. TGS later bought Portable Graphics, making them the sole licensee. In 2004, TGS was acquired by Mercury Computer Systems, and in June 2009, the entity became an independent company again called Visualization Sciences Group (VSG), which continues to develop and support Open Inventor

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