<s>
StrataVision	B-Application
3D	I-Application
is	O
a	O
comprehensive	O
3D	O
computer	O
graphics	O
software	O
package	O
developed	O
by	O
Strata	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Features	O
include	O
primitives-based	O
modeling	O
with	O
texturising	O
,	O
keyframe	O
animation	O
,	O
raytrace	B-Algorithm
and	O
later	O
radiosity	O
rendering	O
under	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
Raydiosity	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
particular	O
milestone	O
was	O
rendering	O
the	O
environment	O
in	O
the	O
blockbuster	O
game	O
Myst	B-Application
entirely	O
using	O
StrataVision	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
StrataVision	B-Application
was	O
released	O
as	O
the	O
first	O
product	O
of	O
the	O
Strata	O
company	O
in	O
1989	O
to	O
facilitate	O
professional	O
3D	O
graphics	O
on	O
regular	O
desktop	O
Macs	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1993	O
,	O
StudioPro	O
was	O
added	O
to	O
the	O
product	O
line	O
,	O
with	O
StrataVision	B-Application
remaining	O
a	O
reduced-feature	O
"	O
light	O
"	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2000	O
,	O
the	O
Strata	O
product	O
lineup	O
was	O
consolidated	O
into	O
Strata	B-Language
3D	I-Language
which	O
is	O
still	O
developed	O
to	O
this	O
day	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
StrataVision	B-Application
and	O
StrataStudio	O
Pro	O
offered	O
certain	O
features	O
found	O
on	O
dedicated	O
workstations	O
that	O
had	O
not	O
available	O
before	O
on	O
Macintosh	B-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
StrataVision	B-Application
2.0	O
introduced	O
the	O
Raydiosity	O
rendering	O
algorithm	O
,	O
an	O
algorithm	O
slower	O
than	O
ray	B-Algorithm
tracing	I-Algorithm
,	O
but	O
offering	O
a	O
result	O
deemed	O
more	O
realistic	O
,	O
by	O
taking	O
into	O
account	O
light	O
reflection	O
on	O
textures	O
,	O
atmospheric	O
conditions	O
,	O
inter-reflections	O
between	O
objects	O
,	O
among	O
other	O
things	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Raydiosity	O
is	O
often	O
described	O
as	O
Strata	O
's	O
experimental	O
version	O
of	O
radiosity	O
,	O
and	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
was	O
the	O
only	O
implementation	O
of	O
a	O
radiosity-like	O
rendering	O
algorithm	O
available	O
to	O
Macintosh	B-Device
users	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
only	O
found	O
in	O
StrataVision	B-Application
and	O
StrataStudio	O
Pro	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
StrataVision	B-Application
2.0	O
introduced	O
an	O
extension	O
architecture	O
,	O
named	O
SRX	O
,	O
that	O
allowed	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
to	O
interoperate	O
with	O
Pixar	B-Application
RenderMan	I-Application
or	O
to	O
distribute	O
rendering	O
across	O
computers	O
on	O
the	O
network	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
MacUser	O
in	O
the	O
September	O
1992	O
issue	O
gave	O
4	O
1/2	O
mice	O
(	O
out	O
of	O
five	O
)	O
to	O
StrataVision	B-Application
3D	I-Application
2.5	O
praising	O
its	O
excellent	O
rendering	O
quality	O
and	O
advanced	O
texture	O
control	O
despite	O
the	O
slow	O
rendering	O
and	O
the	O
mediocre	O
animation	O
tools	O
.	O
</s>
