Tools and Products

Editor\´s Note: As our readership diversifies and computer graphics technologies and applications increasingly penetrate into many areas of research, education, society, industry, and government, the breadth of software and hardware products that can be associated withcomputer graphics become increasingly difficult to filter down. To continue informing ourestablished readership about new products, while also supporting new members enteringthe computer graphics community with helpful literature and useful software tools and libraries,we have decided to slightly enhance this column. From now on, we will inform thereadership under the new name "Tools and Products."This new column will not only list common off-the-shelf software and hardware products, but also encourage and foster the inclusion of less commercial (but widely accessible andaccepted) tools, technologies, standards, and educational materials. We believe that this newformat represents an exciting evolution of this column and we look forward to readers\´ contributions of their own favorites. —Miguel Encarnacäo me@imedia-labs.com