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Light Speed

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Description
Light Speed! is an OpenGL-based program which illustrates the effects of special relativity on the appearance of moving objects. When an object accelerates past a few million meters per second, these effects begin to grow noticeable, becoming more and more pronounced as the speed of light is approached. These relativistic effects are viewpoint-dependent, and include shifts in length, object hue, brightness and shape.

The moving object is, by default, a geometric lattice. 3D Studio and LightWave 3D objects may be imported as well. Best of all, the simulator is completely interactive, rendering the exotic distortions in real-time!
Home Page: http://lightspeed.sourceforge.net/
Interface: Graphical (Gtk)
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Debian 32-bit 64-bit
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lenny 1.2a-7
sid 1.2a-7 1.2a-7

Ubuntu 32-bit 64-bit
dapper 1.2-5ubuntu1 1.2-5ubuntu1
edgy 1.2a-6 1.2a-6
feisty 1.2a-7 1.2a-7
gutsy 1.2a-7 1.2a-7
hardy 1.2a-7 1.2a-7

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