geometric_algebra VS rerun

I got sucked down a Geometric Algebra rabbit hole a few months ago, which seems like a remarkably concise and intuitive way to work in a very wide variety of geometries, including 2D, 3D, 4D+, non-euclidean etc. I've wondered if GA would make a good foundation for a physics engine...

There are a few small rust libraries that look interesting [1][2], but none with a lot of traction.

Has anyone looked into this?

[1]: https://crates.io/keywords/geometric-algebra

[2]: https://github.com/Lichtso/geometric_algebra

If you dare, a good place to jump in might be Freya Holmér's Why can't you multiply vectors? - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htYh-Tq7ZBI

The GA community in general is very small. So yes, tooling could be better, but IMO that is not even the problem. The lack of understanding how to use it is, because GA is not explicitly taught in schools or universities.

I have written a compiler which generates SIMD ready code for the desired GAs. You can then use that output as a normal library for your application.

https://github.com/Lichtso/geometric_algebra

Maybe the folks at Rerun [1] know something about it? I imagine at least some of their customers are Rust robotics shops.

[1] https://github.com/rerun-io/rerun

Full release notes: https://github.com/rerun-io/rerun/blob/main/CHANGELOG.md

No specific support for audio embeddings yet, though depending on you're specific use-case, you might be able to map your data to more generic primitives such a TimeSeriesScalar, LineStrips2D, BarChart, or Tensor.

We have an open issue for adding more support for audio-based projects -- if you have specific needs feel free to add a comment: https://github.com/rerun-io/rerun/issues/2852

Read the full changelog at https://github.com/rerun-io/rerun/releases/tag/0.6.0

https://github.com/rerun-io/rerun is such a great tool for creating interactive dashboards to look at real-time data. Curious if there are others looking for something like this and what the other use cases would be interesting. I have heard ideas like:

egui's lead author is using it for his computer vision startup.

To test the power draw, I conducted an unscientific experiment by circling the cursor over both a GTK4 app (GNOME Console) and an egui app (Rerun Viewer), while monitoring the CPU/GPU utilization and stabilized power draw with PowerTOP. The results indicated that when circling the cursor over the GTK4 app, the CPU/GPU usage was nearly negligible, and the stabilized power draw was around 13 W. In contrast, when circling the cursor over the egui app, the CPU/GPU usage was considerably higher, resulting in a stabilized power draw of around 21 W. This amounts to an increase of approximately 60%. Taking into account a power draw of around 10 W when doing nothing at all, the increase becomes roughly 260%. I also tried the same experiment with Iced, and while the increase was not as extreme, it still utilized resources when circling the cursor over a blank surface.