IPython and 3D : draw simple and interactive scenes

Question

I'm working on a little funny project, that draw a planet based on fractal generation. My project works under standard PyOpenGL call, but in order to make it more interactive, I wanted to export it on IPython Notebook.

I only work with some triangles, in cartesian coordinate system. Is there a way, as three.js purpose, to draw a really basic 3D scene based on some polygons in IPython notebooks ? I saw a lot of static plot library but nothing that looks like what I'm looking for.

PS: by interactive, I meen you can rotate the scene for example.

Answer 1

Sure, take a look at PyThreeJS which is meant as a bridge between Python and ThreeJS. The included example file gives a good overview how to port your code to PyThreeJS in an IPython notebook.

You can make it interactive by combining PyThreeJS with IPython widgets.