<s>
vvvv	B-Application
(	O
=	O
"	O
Vau	O
Vier	O
"	O
or	O
"	O
v4	O
"	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
general	O
purpose	O
toolkit	O
with	O
a	O
special	O
focus	O
on	O
real-time	O
video	O
synthesis	O
and	O
programming	O
large	O
media	O
environments	O
with	O
physical	O
interfaces	O
,	O
real-time	O
motion	O
graphics	O
,	O
audio	O
and	O
video	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
vvvv	B-Application
uses	O
a	O
dataflow	B-Application
approach	O
and	O
a	O
visual	B-Language
programming	I-Language
interface	O
for	O
rapid	B-Device
prototyping	I-Device
and	O
developing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Patches	O
are	O
stored	O
on	O
the	O
disk	O
in	O
standard	O
XML	B-Protocol
format	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
vvvv	B-Application
is	O
written	O
in	O
Borland	B-Language
Delphi	I-Language
,	O
and	O
plugins	O
can	O
be	O
developed	O
in	O
the	O
.NET	B-Application
Framework	I-Application
in	O
C#	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
vvvv	B-Application
includes	O
a	O
feature	O
it	O
calls	O
boygrouping	O
,	O
where	O
one	O
computer	O
controls	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
slave	O
computers	O
to	O
operate	O
in	O
parallel	O
,	O
with	O
all	O
programming	O
and	O
editing	O
done	O
on	O
the	O
master	O
computer	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
toolkit	O
has	O
the	O
ability	O
to	O
work	O
with	O
HLSL	B-Language
Shaders	O
which	O
are	O
written	O
in	O
their	O
common	O
textual	O
form	O
but	O
are	O
embedded	O
in	O
the	O
data	O
flow	O
language	O
and	O
are	O
instantly	O
compiled	O
and	O
uploaded	O
as	O
soon	O
any	O
part	O
of	O
their	O
source	O
code	O
is	O
changed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
a	O
focus	O
on	O
video	O
synthesis	O
and	O
processing	O
,	O
vvvv	B-Application
beta	O
uses	O
the	O
toolkit	O
DirectX	B-Application
and	O
,	O
as	O
such	O
,	O
is	O
available	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
systems	O
only	O
,	O
although	O
it	O
is	O
known	O
to	O
run	O
stably	O
under	O
Parallels	O
and	O
VMware	B-Operating_System
Fusion	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
vvvv	B-Application
currently	O
supports	O
DirectX	B-Application
9	I-Application
(	O
including	O
PS	O
3	O
and	O
VS	O
3	O
shader	O
techniques	O
)	O
and	O
DirectX	B-Application
11	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
April	O
1st	O
2020	O
,	O
vvvv	B-Application
gamma	O
,	O
a	O
new	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
software	O
,	O
reprogrammed	O
from	O
scratch	O
,	O
was	O
publicly	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
vvvv	B-Application
was	O
initially	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
Frankfurt-based	O
media	O
collective	O
MESO	O
as	O
an	O
in-house	O
tool	O
for	O
their	O
own	O
projects	O
,	O
but	O
was	O
then	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
vvvv	B-Application
is	O
now	O
maintained	O
by	O
the	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
vvvv	B-Application
beta	O
and	O
vvvv	B-Application
gamma	O
are	O
free	O
for	O
non-commercial	O
,	O
educational	O
and	O
evaluation	O
use	O
,	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
T.R.U.S.T.	O
</s>
