<s>
MayaVi	B-Application
is	O
a	O
scientific	O
data	O
visualizer	O
written	O
in	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
which	O
uses	O
VTK	B-Language
and	O
provides	O
a	O
GUI	B-Application
via	O
Tkinter	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
MayaVi	B-Application
was	O
developed	O
by	O
Prabhu	O
Ramachandran	O
,	O
is	O
free	O
and	O
distributed	O
under	O
the	O
BSD	B-Operating_System
License	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
and	O
runs	O
on	O
any	O
platform	O
where	O
both	O
Python	B-Language
and	O
VTK	B-Language
are	O
available	O
(	O
almost	O
any	O
Unix	B-Application
,	O
Mac	O
OS	O
X	O
,	O
or	O
Windows	B-Application
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MayaVi	B-Application
is	O
pronounced	O
as	O
a	O
single	O
name	O
,	O
"	O
Ma-ya-vee	O
"	O
,	O
meaning	O
"	O
magical	O
"	O
in	O
Sanskrit	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
code	O
of	O
MayaVi	B-Application
has	O
nothing	O
in	O
common	O
with	O
that	O
of	O
Autodesk	B-Language
Maya	I-Language
or	O
the	O
Vi	B-Application
text	O
editor	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latest	O
version	O
of	O
MayaVi	B-Application
,	O
called	O
Mayavi2	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
component	O
of	O
the	O
Enthought	B-Language
suite	O
of	O
scientific	O
Python	B-Language
programs	I-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
differs	O
from	O
the	O
original	O
MayaVi	B-Application
by	O
its	O
strong	O
focus	O
on	O
making	O
not	O
only	O
an	O
interactive	O
program	O
,	O
but	O
also	O
a	O
reusable	O
component	O
for	O
3D	O
plotting	O
in	O
Python	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
it	O
exposes	O
a	O
slightly	O
different	O
interface	O
and	O
API	B-General_Concept
than	O
the	O
original	O
MayaVi	B-Application
,	O
it	O
now	O
has	O
more	O
features	O
.	O
</s>
