System Requirements CardinalSim is designed to run on standard commercial-grade hardware and software. The use of a high-end graphics boards is recommended given its use of ray-casting volumetric rendering. Mac • OS X version 10.8 or higher (but untested on 10.9) • Processor with 4+ cores • 4+ GB memory • NVIDIA or AMD graphics • Recommended: iMac 27″, MacBook Pro 15″, or Mac Pro PC • Microsoft Windows 7 or higher • Processor with 4+ cores • 4+ GB memory • High-end graphics board (scores 2000+ on PassMark G3D: CardinalSim supports a variety of stereoscopic display options that use side-by-side, vertical stack, or anaglyph methods. CardinalSim supports a number of commercially-available haptic interfaces, such as those developed by Geomagic and ForceDimension. Haptic rendering uses the Chai3D library.
