<s>
DX	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
is	O
a	O
complete	O
integrated	O
development	O
tool	O
for	O
the	O
creation	O
of	O
3D	O
video	O
games	O
,	O
simulations	O
or	O
real-time	O
interactive	O
applications	O
for	O
either	O
standalone	O
,	O
web	O
based	O
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Office	I-Application
or	O
Visual	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DX	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
is	O
produced	O
by	O
Worldweaver	O
Ltd	O
,	O
a	O
company	O
that	O
was	O
established	O
in	O
1996	O
by	O
Chris	O
Sterling	O
to	O
develop	O
PC	O
games	O
and	O
high-end	O
business	O
GIS	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Development	O
of	O
DX	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
began	O
in	O
2002	O
and	O
the	O
first	O
version	O
was	O
released	O
to	O
market	O
in	O
2005	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Since	O
then	O
the	O
user	O
base	O
of	O
DX	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
has	O
grown	O
to	O
around	O
30,000	O
worldwide	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
engine	O
behind	O
DX	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
uses	O
DirectX	O
9.0c	O
,	O
and	O
includes	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
latest	O
pixel	O
and	O
vertex	O
shader	O
effects	O
found	O
on	O
the	O
more	O
powerful	O
3D	O
graphics	O
cards	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DX	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
2D	O
and	O
3D	O
editors	O
can	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
build	O
interactive	O
layers	O
and	O
sequences	O
,	O
which	O
are	O
combined	O
to	O
produce	O
a	O
complete	O
interactive	O
document	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Using	O
ActiveX	O
technology	O
users	O
can	O
build	O
their	O
own	O
C++	O
,	O
C#	O
or	O
VB.Net	O
applications	O
and	O
drop	O
the	O
DX	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
Player	O
in	O
as	O
a	O
component	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
files	O
produced	O
by	O
DX	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
use	O
standard	O
XML	O
to	O
describe	O
the	O
entire	O
scenes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
DX	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
is	O
available	O
in	O
both	O
standard	O
and	O
professional	O
editions	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
DX	B-Application
Studio	I-Application
series	O
overall	O
has	O
been	O
critically	O
well	O
received	O
,	O
particularly	O
for	O
its	O
development	O
environment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Criticisms	O
included	O
web	O
content	O
deployment	O
,	O
which	O
requires	O
a	O
plug-in	O
;	O
lack	O
of	O
Macintosh	B-Device
support	O
;	O
reliance	O
on	O
imported	O
3D	O
models	O
;	O
some	O
interface	O
issues	O
and	O
operational	O
quirks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
also	O
awarded	O
4	O
out	O
of	O
5	O
,	O
pointing	O
out	O
the	O
inexpensive	O
price	O
,	O
ease	O
of	O
use	O
and	O
good	O
support	O
,	O
but	O
criticising	O
some	O
performance	O
problems	O
with	O
legacy	B-Device
files	I-Device
.	O
</s>
