Topic Using Excel as a 3D (Game) Engine

-HAL-

I just came across this really interesting article about some pretty neat possibilities in Microsoft Excel.

It looks like someone's had way to much spare time and actually created 3D animations using complex algorithms and macros in excel.

Read the whole story here:
http://www.gamasutra.com/view/featur...ionary_3d_.php
You can also download the excel files and test them yourself (on page 3)

A couple of videos on Youtube showing the real time 3D animations in MS Excel.

Excel-native Cell Graphics (with grid)

Office-level Graphics Abstraction Layer

chavyanu

Wow! its not much right now, but if someone were to take that up a next level, you would be able to create presentations or interactive exel files for your job!

Zero Phlame

Very nice!, Really pushes the capabilities of Excel. Very creative.