Irrlicht Engine

Thanks for the replies.

I'm thinking of systems that don't have 3D hardware, particularly laptops. I would use DX or OGL when it's available, but I'd like to be able to fall back to the software renderer when there is no 3D hardware.

Is burningsvideo renderer a separate project from Irrlicht or ...

I'm thinking about using Irrlicht to generate 3D people on a relatively simple stage, which might just be a flat surface, but I plan on using the software renderer to do this sometimes.

Does anyone with experience using the software renderer know if it's feasible to put 32 decent-looking 3D people ...