Utilise GPU for soft-body and rigid-body physics simulation
Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2014 2:51 am
Can Bullet be used to perform physics simulation on the GPU, specifically soft-body objects colliding with rigid-body objects?
I'm sorry if the answer is blatantly obvious, but I can't seem to find a definitive answer anywhere.
I'm currently using Blender to just perform physics simulations with OBJ files, i.e. no rendering and from what I have read, the GPU is only utilised during rendering (which i don't need).
It seems as if GPU physics simulation is a fairly new concept and Bullet3 can only perform rigid-body physics simulation. Is that right?
I apologise for bringing up PhysX, but should I be looking into that for what I need, or some other physics engine that utilises the GPU for soft-body and rigid-body physics simulations?
I'm sorry if the answer is blatantly obvious, but I can't seem to find a definitive answer anywhere.
I'm currently using Blender to just perform physics simulations with OBJ files, i.e. no rendering and from what I have read, the GPU is only utilised during rendering (which i don't need).
It seems as if GPU physics simulation is a fairly new concept and Bullet3 can only perform rigid-body physics simulation. Is that right?
I apologise for bringing up PhysX, but should I be looking into that for what I need, or some other physics engine that utilises the GPU for soft-body and rigid-body physics simulations?