The Triton 3D Ocean & Water SDK

Leave your 3D water requirements to us. Save years with Triton’s proven tech.

Fast, realistic 3D water for OpenGL, DirectX, OpenSceneGraph, and Unity Developers.

• Automatic 3D oceans for any sea state, plus ship wakes
• Used in real maritime simulators
• Simple, reasonable licensing
• Quick integration with major simulation & gaming platforms

Dynamic Oceans for Any Beaufort Scale

Triton produces real 3D waves with unprecedented realism and speed. This isn’t just another 2D water shader – it’s a 3D ocean simulation.

• GPGPU-Accelerated Wave Simulation using CUDA, OpenCL, and DirectX11 Compute Shaders
• Over 65,000 individual waves at over 500 frames per second
• Fresnel refraction and reflection
• Planar and environmental reflections
• Smooth coastline blending
• Breaking waves along shorelines
• Particle-based spray and foam
• Add swells from distant storms
• JONSWAP, Pierson-Moskowitz, and Phillips wave models.
• Handle Beaufort scales and Douglas Sea States 0-9
• Underwater “god rays” and visibility effects

Ship Wakes, Impacts, and More

Your water has stuff in it – no problem. Ships, helicopters, and projectiles can all disturb Triton’s water with 3D wakes, waves, and spray.

• 3D Kelvin wakes from ship bow and stern
• Propeller backwash / turbulent wake effects
• Particle-based spray at the bow and along the hull
• Helicopter rotor wash effects with 3D wave displacement
• 3D impact simulation from projectiles
• Tidal stream wakes from stationary objects
• Fast height queries for powering buoyancy models
• Volumetric decal effects that move with the water surface

Easy Integration With Your Engine

Triton integrates into most engines with just a few lines of code. Like hundreds of other developers worldwide, you’ll be up and running quickly.

• Support for OpenGL 2.0, OpenGL 3.2+, DirectX9, and DirectX11
• Unity integration offered through SimBlocks Triton SDK for Unity
• Libraries for Windows and Linux
• Integration built-in for osgEarth and OpenIG
• Sample code for OpenSceneGraph (OSG), Ogre, Torque 3D, and more
• C++ and C# API’s provided
• Works with any coordinate system, including whole-Earth ECEF / geocentric
• Renders infinite oceans or shades your own water mesh
• Fast, responsive technical support