<s>
Flare3D	B-Operating_System
is	O
a	O
framework	O
for	O
developing	O
interactive	O
three-dimensional	O
(	O
3D	O
)	O
graphics	O
within	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
and	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
AIR	I-Operating_System
,	O
written	O
in	O
ActionScript	O
3	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flare3D	B-Operating_System
includes	O
a	O
3D	O
object	O
editor	O
(	O
the	O
Flare3D	B-Operating_System
IDE	O
)	O
and	O
a	O
3D	O
graphics	O
engine	O
for	O
rendering	O
3D	O
graphics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flare3D	B-Operating_System
runs	O
on	O
current	O
web	B-Application
browsers	I-Application
utilizing	O
the	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
Player	I-Operating_System
,	O
and	O
uses	O
Stage3D	B-Operating_System
for	O
GPU-accelerated	O
rendering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flare3D	B-Operating_System
has	O
not	O
been	O
under	O
active	O
development	O
since	O
late	O
2014	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flare3D	B-Operating_System
has	O
been	O
used	O
to	O
develop	O
popular	O
browser-based	O
video	O
games	O
such	O
as	O
FarmVille	B-Application
2	O
and	O
CityVille	B-Application
2	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flare3D	B-Operating_System
is	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
first	O
frameworks	O
to	O
make	O
GPU-accelerated	O
3D	O
applications	O
practical	O
for	O
web	B-Application
browsers	I-Application
,	O
and	O
is	O
similar	O
in	O
purpose	O
and	O
design	O
to	O
Away3D	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flare3D	B-Operating_System
has	O
been	O
used	O
to	O
create	O
3D	O
models	O
in	O
online	O
applications	O
,	O
such	O
as	O
Space	O
Designer	O
3D	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Flare3D	B-Operating_System
platform	O
consists	O
of	O
a	O
3D	O
world	O
editor	O
,	O
a	O
runtime	O
engine	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
collection	O
of	O
plug-ins	O
for	O
various	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
3D	O
editor	O
may	O
be	O
used	O
to	O
lay	O
out	O
3D	O
objects	O
,	O
and	O
to	O
generate	O
compressed	O
Flare3D	B-Operating_System
binary	O
packages	O
of	O
3D	O
models	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Such	O
3D	O
models	O
and	O
animations	O
may	O
be	O
imported	O
from	O
third-party	O
programs	O
such	O
as	O
Autodesk	B-Language
3ds	I-Language
Max	I-Language
,	O
or	O
Autodesk	B-Language
Maya	I-Language
,	O
or	O
other	O
mesh-based	O
3D	O
modeller	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
3D	O
runtime	O
engine	O
is	O
typically	O
supplied	O
as	O
a	O
closed-source	B-Application
SWC	B-Operating_System
package	O
,	O
although	O
small	O
portions	O
are	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
GitHub	B-Application
open-source	O
website	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Flare3D	B-Operating_System
engine	O
uses	O
Stage3D	B-Operating_System
for	O
GPU-accelerated	O
rendering	O
,	O
and	O
contains	O
support	O
for	O
rigid	O
body	O
physics	O
,	O
skeletal	O
animations	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
proprietary	B-Application
GPU-shader	O
language	O
known	O
as	O
FLSL	O
(	O
Flare3D	B-Operating_System
Shader	O
Language	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
engine	O
also	O
integrates	O
with	O
FLARToolkit	B-General_Concept
(	O
for	O
augmented	B-General_Concept
reality	I-General_Concept
)	O
,	O
Away	B-Application
Physics	I-Application
(	O
from	O
Away3D	B-Application
)	O
and	O
Starling	O
(	O
an	O
Adobe	O
project	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Flare3D	B-Operating_System
plug-in	O
for	O
Autodesk	B-Language
3ds	I-Language
Max	I-Language
is	O
provided	O
for	O
free	O
,	O
and	O
enables	O
one-click	O
exporting	O
of	O
a	O
3D	O
model	O
from	O
3ds	B-Language
Max	I-Language
to	O
the	O
Flare3D	B-Operating_System
file	O
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Texture	O
data	O
is	O
automatically	O
converted	O
from	O
unsupported	O
formats	O
to	O
JPG	O
and	O
PNG	O
formats	O
which	O
are	O
supported	O
by	O
the	O
Flare3D	B-Operating_System
engine	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flare3D	B-Operating_System
has	O
online	O
help	O
and	O
a	O
collaboratively-edited	O
Wiki	O
,	O
forums	O
,	O
tutorials	O
,	O
examples	O
,	O
and	O
documentation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Flare3D	B-Operating_System
is	O
used	O
in	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
commercial	O
browser-based	O
Flash	B-Operating_System
video	O
games	O
.	O
</s>
