<s>
HOOPS	B-Language
Visualize	I-Language
is	O
a	O
3D	O
computer	O
graphics	O
software	O
designed	O
to	O
render	O
graphics	O
across	O
both	O
mobile	O
and	O
desktop	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
HOOPS	B-Language
Visualize	I-Language
provides	O
3D	O
Graphics	O
API	O
to	O
render	O
CAD	B-Application
models	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
HOOPS	B-Language
3D	I-Language
Graphics	I-Language
System	I-Language
was	O
originally	O
developed	O
in	O
the	O
mid-1980s	O
in	O
the	O
CADIF	O
Lab	O
at	O
Cornell	O
University	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Subsequently	O
,	O
HOOPS	O
was	O
widely	O
adopted	O
for	O
Computer-Aided	B-Application
Design	I-Application
(	O
CAD	B-Application
)	O
,	O
Computer-Aided	O
Manufacturing	O
(	O
CAM	O
)	O
and	O
Computer-Aided	O
Engineering	O
(	O
CAE	O
)	O
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1996	O
,	O
HOOPS	O
was	O
spun	O
out	O
of	O
Autodesk	O
by	O
Tech	O
Soft	O
3D	O
,	O
Inc.	O
,	O
which	O
continues	O
to	O
develop	O
and	O
sell	O
the	O
HOOPS	B-Language
3D	I-Language
Graphics	I-Language
System	I-Language
under	O
the	O
name	O
HOOPS	B-Language
Visualize	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
HOOPS	B-Language
Visualize	I-Language
provides	O
a	O
hierarchical	O
scene	O
management	O
engine	O
capable	O
of	O
handling	O
a	O
range	O
of	O
graphics	O
entities	O
,	O
together	O
with	O
a	O
graphics	O
pipeline	O
and	O
interaction	O
handling	O
algorithms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Internally	O
it	O
uses	O
OpenGL	B-Application
or	O
DirectX	B-Application
(	O
Windows	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
graphics	B-Algorithm
kernel	I-Algorithm
(	O
Core	O
Graphics	O
)	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
hierarchichal	O
scene	B-Data_Structure
graph	I-Data_Structure
data	O
structures	O
.	O
</s>
