Alternative to SharpDX for 2D rendering?

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  • Csharp-Data-Visualization

    Resources for visualizing data using C# and the .NET platform

  • I made a quick proof of concept Forms program that just bounces text back and forth across the screen, I used .net 6, I used the GLControl from OpenTK on a form with a Forms.Timer calling Invalidate on it 120 times a second. (my pc is only 60 fps so it's only actually refreshing at 60 fps) In the GLControl's paint event I'm using SkiaSharp to render text onto the GL control... now that I look at it I'm probably doing something wrong. If you have any samples you can link to I'd be glad to test it out. I was looking at https://github.com/swharden/Csharp-Data-Visualization which spoke highly of the GL controls

  • d2dlib

    A .NET library for hardware-accelerated, high performance, immediate mode rendering via Direct2D.

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  • Win2D

    Win2D is an easy-to-use Windows Runtime API for immediate mode 2D graphics rendering with GPU acceleration. It is available to C#, C++ and VB developers writing apps for the Windows Universal Platform (UWP). It utilizes the power of Direct2D, and integrates seamlessly with XAML and CoreWindow.

  • For Windows only, Win2D!

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