1 #+TITLE: Sixth - system for data storage, computation, exploration and interaction
4 - [[http://www2.svjatoslav.eu/gitweb/?p=sixth.git;a=snapshot;h=HEAD;sf=tgz][download latest snapshot]]
6 - This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under
7 the terms of version 3 of the [[https://www.gnu.org/licenses/lgpl.html][GNU Lesser General Public License]] or later as
8 published by the Free Software Foundation.
12 - Homepage: http://svjatoslav.eu
13 - Email: mailto://svjatoslav@svjatoslav.eu
15 - [[http://www.svjatoslav.eu/programs.jsp][other applications hosted at svjatoslav.eu]]
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27 * Vision - A tool to amplify human ability
29 :ID: 1f4e1c17-d25f-4d92-aa9b-5785f1d86f4f
32 Makes lots of complex data intuitive to:
34 - manipulate and compute on
36 by extensively relying on:
37 - [[http://www2.svjatoslav.eu/gitbrowse/sixth-3d/doc/index.html][realtime 3D graphics]] with immediate feedback loop
38 - [[http://www2.svjatoslav.eu/gitbrowse/sixth-data/doc/index.html][flexible and distributed computation and data storage]]
43 “Virtual reality holds the key to the evolution of the human mind”
44 Dr. Lawrence Angelo, The Lawnmower Man (1992)
48 + Formulated high-level [[id:1f4e1c17-d25f-4d92-aa9b-5785f1d86f4f][vision / goal]].
50 + In the process of implementing some of building blocks:
51 - [[http://www2.svjatoslav.eu/gitbrowse/sixth-data/doc/index.html][Data storage engine.]]
53 - [[http://www2.svjatoslav.eu/gitbrowse/sixth-3d/doc/index.html][In software, pure Java realtime 3D rendering engine.]]
54 - [[http://www2.svjatoslav.eu/gitbrowse/sixth-3d-demos/doc/index.html][3D engine demos]]
56 + System is nowhere near complete (given magnitude of effort required
57 and my free time available). Contributions welcome ! :)
59 * Frequently Given Answers
61 - In short: it's just a number.
62 - Many years ago inspired by the ideas of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forth_(programming_language)][Forth (programming
63 language)]] I decided to create my own implementation [[http://www2.svjatoslav.eu/gitbrowse/fifth/doc/index.html][Fifth]]
64 (computing/programming environment).
65 - Then I realized I miss type safe object oriented capabilities. So
66 I updated the name to Sixth and switched to Java.