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Gears

7
Jeff Boody
0 reviews
1 k downloads

Display all kinds of gears on your device's screen

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Gears for Android offers a unique experience as a heavily modified port of the prominent "gears" demo tailored to enhance OpenGL ES learning for developers. Initially designed as an open-source project to assist in understanding the development of OpenGL ES programs on the Android platform, it boasts various implementations including Java/OpenGL ES 1.x, Java/C/OpenGL ES 1.x, and Java/C/OpenGL ES 2.0. Through these implementations, users can consistently explore new dimensions of graphical programming.

Enhanced Features

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One of the significant advantages of using Gears is its added functionality that surpasses the capabilities found in the original demo. This includes support for touch screens and the incorporation of Vertex Buffer Objects (VBOs), which are instrumental in optimizing performance. Furthermore, the inclusion of an on-screen FPS counter assists in monitoring frame rates, although Android's v-sync typically caps it at 60 FPS.

Practical Benchmarking Tool

Despite the frame rate constraints imposed by v-sync on most Android devices, Gears provides a platform for understanding rendering capabilities through an experience that surpasses basic v-sync limitations. It allows you to test graphics performance in a controlled environment, providing valuable insights into the potential of devices beyond standard graphical demands.

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Information about Gears 7

Package Name com.jeffboody.GearsES2eclair
License Free
Op. System Android
Category General
Language English
Author Jeff Boody
Downloads 1,017
Date Jun 18, 2016
Content Rating +3
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