Found something interessing on

devmaster.net

They write about the Acknex Engine featurese:
Code:

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  Rendering Fixed-function, Render-to-Texture: • 3D views and movies can be rendered to curved surfaces 
• Six degrees of freedom, multiple cameras and render views 
• Material properties for static and dynamic objects 
• Animated 3D sprites and decals 
• 2D renderer for still images, 2D sprites, panels, buttons, sliders, overlays, Truetype and bitmap fonts, screenshots and movies 
• Mouse picking and manipulating of 3D objects 
  

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This sounds interessting:
3D views and movies can be rendered to curved surfaces

really possible?
how?

thx in advance