Categories: Graphics
Latest version: 1.2Added 2005-03-16Updated 2005-12-14
Toolkit that supports the development of 2D structured graphics programs and Zoomable User Interfaces (ZUIs). A ZUI is a new kind of interface that presents a huge canvas of information on a traditional computer display by letting the user smoothly zoom in, to get more detailed information, and zoom out for an overview. Piccolo uses a "scene-graph" model that is common to 3D environments. Basically, this means that Piccolo maintains a hierarchal structure of objects and cameras, allowing the application developer to orient, group and manipulate objects in meaningful ways.
