Richard (CodeD),
I know 2-3 months sounds optimistic/unrealistic - but most of the foundation has been tested - the main thing that is required is good fast mesh generation routines taking mesh data from a large DB and usage of DVD and TV DLLs.
After signing an NDA, the project could be broken into seperate components and a component requested at a lower price.
The project could be stretched beyond 3 months if required, but the initial budget can't be right now. I suspect that a competent individual may take 2-3 weeks full time familiarising themselves with the project plus a further 10 weeks working full time coding the components. Working part-time e.g. 2 hours per day, the time would stretch and this might be acceptable if the coder was competant and good enough to meet the requirements well.
I know 2-3 months sounds optimistic/unrealistic - but most of the foundation has been tested - the main thing that is required is good fast mesh generation routines taking mesh data from a large DB and usage of DVD and TV DLLs.
After signing an NDA, the project could be broken into seperate components and a component requested at a lower price.
The project could be stretched beyond 3 months if required, but the initial budget can't be right now. I suspect that a competent individual may take 2-3 weeks full time familiarising themselves with the project plus a further 10 weeks working full time coding the components. Working part-time e.g. 2 hours per day, the time would stretch and this might be acceptable if the coder was competant and good enough to meet the requirements well.