diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ade08eaac..b7dbc7bea 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -539,6 +539,9 @@ ELSE()
         FIND_PACKAGE(Asio)
     ENDIF()
     FIND_PACKAGE(ZeroConf)
+    FIND_PACKAGE(Lua51)
+    FIND_PACKAGE(V8)
+    FIND_PACKAGE(PythonLibs)
 ENDIF()
 
 IF(CMAKE_MAJOR_VERSION EQUAL 2 AND CMAKE_MINOR_VERSION LESS 8)
diff --git a/examples/osgpresentation/CMakeLists.txt b/examples/osgpresentation/CMakeLists.txt
index 471c84150..c3d112c03 100644
--- a/examples/osgpresentation/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/examples/osgpresentation/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -1,45 +1,3 @@
-FIND_PACKAGE(Lua51)
-FIND_PACKAGE(V8)
-FIND_PACKAGE(PythonLibs)
-
-IF (LUA_LIBRARIES AND LUA_INCLUDE_DIR)
-    SET(LUA_FOUND True)
-ENDIF()
-
-
-IF (V8_FOUND)
-    ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DUSE_V8)
-
-    SET(TARGET_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES ${TARGET_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES} ${V8_LIBRARY})
-    INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${V8_INCLUDE_DIR} )
-
-    MESSAGE("We have found V8")
-ELSE()
-    MESSAGE("We have NOT found V8")
-ENDIF()
-
-IF (LUA_FOUND)
-    ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DUSE_LUA)
-
-    SET(TARGET_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES ${TARGET_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES} ${LUA_LIBRARY})
-    INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${LUA_INCLUDE_DIR} )
-
-    MESSAGE("We have found Lua")
-ELSE()
-    MESSAGE("We have NOT found Lua")
-ENDIF()
-
-IF (PYTHONLIBS_FOUND)
-    MESSAGE("We have found Python")
-
-    SET(TARGET_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES ${TARGET_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES} ${PYTHON_LIBRARY})
-    INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR} )
-
-    ADD_DEFINITIONS(-DUSE_PYTHON)
-ELSE()
-   MESSAGE("We have NOT found Python")
-ENDIF()
-
 SET(TARGET_SRC osgpresentation.cpp )
 
 #### end var setup  ###
diff --git a/examples/osgpresentation/osgpresentation.cpp b/examples/osgpresentation/osgpresentation.cpp
index a3b2c818f..a0531e1cc 100644
--- a/examples/osgpresentation/osgpresentation.cpp
+++ b/examples/osgpresentation/osgpresentation.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 
 #include <osg/Geode>
 #include <osg/Geometry>
+#include <osg/ScriptEngine>
+#include <osg/UserDataContainer>
 
 #include <osgDB/ReadFile>
 #include <osgDB/FileUtils>
@@ -13,162 +15,6 @@
 #include <osgGA/TrackballManipulator>
 #include <osgViewer/Viewer>
 
-// hacky experiment with create lua, v8 and python to run scripts.
-
-#ifdef USE_LUA
-
-extern "C" {
-#include <lua.h>
-#include <lualib.h>
-#include <lauxlib.h>
-}
-
-void runLua(const std::string& str)
-{
-    OSG_NOTICE<<std::endl<<"runLua("<<str<<")"<<std::endl;
-
-    lua_State* lua = lua_open();
-
-    luaL_openlibs(lua);
-
-    std::string filePath = str;
-    if(osgDB::fileExists(filePath))
-    {
-        if(luaL_dofile(lua, filePath.c_str()))
-        {
-            OSG_NOTICE << "LuaEngine::runFile - " << lua_tostring(lua, -1) << std::endl;
-        }
-
-    }
-    else
-    {
-        OSG_NOTICE<<" parameter="<<filePath<<" not a valid file."<<std::endl;
-    }
-
-    lua_close(lua);
-}
-
-#endif
-
-#ifdef USE_PYTHON
-
-#include <Python.h>
-
-void runPython(const std::string& str)
-{
-    OSG_NOTICE<<std::endl<<"runPython("<<str<<")"<<std::endl;
-
-    Py_InitializeEx(0);
-
-    PyObject* py_main = PyModule_GetDict(PyImport_AddModule("__main__"));
-
-    std::string filePath = str;
-    if(osgDB::fileExists(filePath))
-    {
-        FILE*     f = fopen(filePath.c_str(), "r");
-        PyObject* r = PyRun_File(f, filePath.c_str(), Py_file_input, py_main, py_main);
-
-        fclose(f);
-
-        if(!r) {
-            r = PyErr_Occurred();
-
-            if(r) {
-                // The following snippet lets us get the return code. That is: if the
-                // script is stopped with sys.exit() or similar. We could use this
-                // return code to do something sensible... later.
-                if(PyErr_ExceptionMatches(PyExc_SystemExit)) {
-                    PyObject* ty = 0;
-                    PyObject* er = 0;
-                    PyObject* tr = 0;
-
-                    PyErr_Fetch(&ty, &er, &tr);
-
-                    Py_DECREF(ty);
-                    Py_DECREF(er);
-                    Py_DECREF(er);
-                }
-
-                else {
-                    PyErr_Print();
-                    PyErr_Clear();
-                }
-            }
-        }
-    }
-
-    Py_Finalize();
-}
-
-#endif
-
-
-#ifdef USE_V8
-
-#include <v8.h>
-
-void runV8(const std::string& str)
-{
-    OSG_NOTICE<<std::endl<<"runV8("<<str<<")"<<std::endl;
-
-    v8::Isolate* isolate = v8::Isolate::New();
-
-    {
-        v8::Locker locker(isolate);
-        v8::Isolate::Scope isolate_scope(isolate);
-
-        // Create a stack-allocated handle scope.
-        v8::HandleScope handle_scope;
-
-        v8::Handle<v8::ObjectTemplate> global = v8::ObjectTemplate::New();
-        v8::Persistent<v8::Context> globalContext = v8::Context::New(NULL, global);
-        v8::Persistent<v8::ObjectTemplate> globalTemplate = v8::Persistent<v8::ObjectTemplate>::New(global);
-
-        std::string filePath = str;
-        if(osgDB::fileExists(filePath))
-        {
-            std::string js_source;
-            std::ifstream fin(filePath.c_str());
-            if (fin)
-            {
-                // read file in the crude way.
-                while(fin)
-                {
-                    int c = fin.get();
-                    if (c>=0 && c<=255)
-                    {
-                        js_source.push_back(c);
-                    }
-                }
-
-                // Create a nested handle scope
-                v8::HandleScope local_handle_scope;
-
-                // Enter the global context
-                v8::Context::Scope context_scope(globalContext);
-
-                // Create a string containing the JavaScript source code.
-                v8::Handle<v8::String> source = v8::String::New(js_source.c_str());
-
-                // Compile the source code.
-                v8::Handle<v8::Script> script = v8::Script::Compile(source);
-
-                // Run the script to get the result.
-                v8::Handle<v8::Value> result = script->Run();
-
-                // Convert the result to an ASCII string and print it.
-                v8::String::AsciiValue ascii(result);
-                printf("%s\n", *ascii);
-            }
-        }
-
-    globalTemplate.Dispose();
-    globalContext.Dispose();
-  }
-  isolate->Dispose();
-
-}
-#endif
 
 int main(int argc, char** argv)
 {
@@ -176,33 +22,77 @@ int main(int argc, char** argv)
 
     osgViewer::Viewer viewer(arguments);
 
-    std::string str;
+    typedef std::list< osg::ref_ptr<osg::Script> > Scripts;
+    Scripts scripts;
 
-#ifdef USE_LUA
-    while (arguments.read("--lua",str))
+    std::string filename;
+    while(arguments.read("--script",filename))
     {
-        runLua(str);
+        osg::ref_ptr<osg::Script> script = osgDB::readFile<osg::Script>(filename);
+        if (script.valid()) scripts.push_back(script.get());
     }
-#endif
-
-#ifdef USE_V8
-    while (arguments.read("--js",str))
-    {
-        runV8(str);
-    }
-#endif
-
-#ifdef USE_PYTHON
-    while (arguments.read("--python",str))
-    {
-        runPython(str);
-    }
-#endif
 
     // create the model
     osg::ref_ptr<osg::Node> model = osgDB::readNodeFiles(arguments);
     if (!model) return 1;
 
+    // assgin script engine to scene graphs
+    model->getOrCreateUserDataContainer()->addUserObject(osgDB::readFile<osg::ScriptEngine>("ScriptEngine.lua"));
+    model->getOrCreateUserDataContainer()->addUserObject(osgDB::readFile<osg::ScriptEngine>("ScriptEngine.python"));
+    model->getOrCreateUserDataContainer()->addUserObject(osgDB::readFile<osg::ScriptEngine>("ScriptEngine.js"));
+
+    // assign scripts to scene graph
+    for(Scripts::iterator itr = scripts.begin();
+        itr != scripts.end();
+        ++itr)
+    {
+       model->addUpdateCallback(new osg::ScriptCallback(itr->get()));
+    }
+
+#if 0
+    std::string str;
+    osg::ref_ptr<osg::ScriptEngine> luaScriptEngine = osgDB::readFile<osg::ScriptEngine>("ScriptEngine.lua");
+    if (luaScriptEngine.valid())
+    {
+        while (arguments.read("--lua", str))
+        {
+            osg::ref_ptr<osg::Script> script = osgDB::readFile<osg::Script>(str);
+            if (script.valid())
+            {
+                luaScriptEngine->run(script.get());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    osg::ref_ptr<osg::ScriptEngine> v8ScriptEngine = osgDB::readFile<osg::ScriptEngine>("ScriptEngine.V8");
+    if (v8ScriptEngine.valid())
+    {
+        while (arguments.read("--js",str))
+        {
+            osg::ref_ptr<osg::Script> script = osgDB::readFile<osg::Script>(str);
+            if (script.valid())
+            {
+                v8ScriptEngine->run(script.get());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    osg::ref_ptr<osg::ScriptEngine> pythonScriptEngine = osgDB::readFile<osg::ScriptEngine>("ScriptEngine.python");
+    if (pythonScriptEngine.valid())
+    {
+        while (arguments.read("--python",str))
+        {
+            osg::ref_ptr<osg::Script> script = osgDB::readFile<osg::Script>(str);
+            if (script.valid())
+            {
+                pythonScriptEngine->run(script.get());
+            }
+        }
+    }
+#endif
+
+
     viewer.setSceneData( model.get() );
     return viewer.run();
 }
diff --git a/include/osg/CameraNode b/include/osg/CameraNode
deleted file mode 100644
index 7bd132de3..000000000
--- a/include/osg/CameraNode
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,27 +0,0 @@
-/* -*-c++-*- OpenSceneGraph - Copyright (C) 1998-2006 Robert Osfield
- *
- * This library is open source and may be redistributed and/or modified under
- * the terms of the OpenSceneGraph Public License (OSGPL) version 0.0 or
- * (at your option) any later version.  The full license is in LICENSE file
- * included with this distribution, and on the openscenegraph.org website.
- *
- * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
- * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
- * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
- * OpenSceneGraph Public License for more details.
-*/
-
-#ifndef OSG_CAMERANODE
-#define OSG_CAMERANODE 1
-
-#include <osg/Camera>
-
-namespace osg {
-
-#ifdef USE_DEPRECATED_API
-    typedef osg::Camera CameraNode;
-#endif
-
-}
-
-#endif
diff --git a/include/osg/ScriptEngine b/include/osg/ScriptEngine
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f9fb2b8aa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/osg/ScriptEngine
@@ -0,0 +1,108 @@
+/* -*-c++-*- OpenSceneGraph - Copyright (C) 1998-2013 Robert Osfield
+ *
+ * This library is open source and may be redistributed and/or modified under
+ * the terms of the OpenSceneGraph Public License (OSGPL) version 0.0 or
+ * (at your option) any later version.  The full license is in LICENSE file
+ * included with this distribution, and on the openscenegraph.org website.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * OpenSceneGraph Public License for more details.
+*/
+
+#ifndef OSG_SCRIPTENGINE
+#define OSG_SCRIPTENGINE 1
+
+#include <osg/Object>
+#include <osg/NodeCallback>
+#include <osg/NodeVisitor>
+
+namespace osg
+{
+
+// forward declare
+class ScriptEngine;
+
+/* Script class for wrapping a script and the language used in the script.*/
+class Script : public osg::Object
+{
+    public:
+        Script():_modifiedCount(0) {}
+        Script(const std::string& language, const std::string& str): _language(language), _script(str), _modifiedCount(0)  {}
+        Script(const Script& rhs, const osg::CopyOp& copyop=osg::CopyOp::SHALLOW_COPY): _language(rhs._language), _script(rhs._script), _modifiedCount(0) {}
+
+        META_Object(osg, Script)
+
+        void setLanguage(const std::string& language) { _language = language; dirty(); }
+        const std::string& getLanguage() { return _language; }
+
+        void setScript(const std::string& str) { _script = str; dirty(); }
+        const std::string& getScript() const { return _script; }
+
+        void dirty() { ++_modifiedCount; }
+        unsigned int getModifiedCount() const { return _modifiedCount; }
+
+    protected:
+
+        virtual ~Script() {}
+
+        std::string _language;
+        std::string _script;
+        unsigned int _modifiedCount;
+};
+
+/** NodeCallback for attaching a script to a NodeCallback so that it can be called as an update or event callback.*/
+class OSG_EXPORT ScriptCallback : public osg::NodeCallback
+{
+    public:
+        ScriptCallback(Script* script=0) : _script(script) {}
+        ScriptCallback(const ScriptCallback& rhs, const osg::CopyOp& copyop=osg::CopyOp::SHALLOW_COPY): osg::NodeCallback(rhs,copyop), _script(rhs._script) {}
+
+        META_Object(osg, ScriptCallback)
+
+        /** Set the script to call.*/
+        void setScript(osg::Script* script) { _script  = script; }
+
+        /** Get the script to call.*/
+        osg::Script* getScript() { return _script.get(); }
+
+        /** Get the script to call.*/
+        const osg::Script* getScript() const { return _script.get(); }
+
+        /** find the ScriptEngine from looking at the UserDataContainers of nodes in scene graph above the ScriptCallback.*/
+        osg::ScriptEngine* getScriptEngine(osg::NodePath& nodePath);
+
+        /** NodeCallback method, calls the Script.*/
+        virtual void operator()(osg::Node* node, osg::NodeVisitor* nv);
+
+    protected:
+
+        virtual ~ScriptCallback() {}
+
+        osg::ref_ptr<Script> _script;
+};
+
+/** ScriptEngine base class for integrating different scripting languages.
+ *  Concrete ScriptEngine's are provided by osgDB::readFile<ScriptEngine> */
+class ScriptEngine : public osg::Object
+{
+    public:
+
+        /** get the scripting language supported by the ScriptEngine.*/
+        inline const std::string& getLanguage() const { return _language; }
+
+        /** run a Script.*/
+        virtual void run(osg::Script* script) = 0;
+
+    protected:
+
+        ScriptEngine(const std::string& language):_language(language) { setName(language); }
+        virtual ~ScriptEngine() {}
+
+        std::string _language;
+};
+
+}
+
+#endif
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/osg/CMakeLists.txt b/src/osg/CMakeLists.txt
index dde2b859d..b2b39e2e9 100644
--- a/src/osg/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/osg/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -137,6 +137,7 @@ SET(TARGET_H
     ${HEADER_PATH}/RenderInfo
     ${HEADER_PATH}/SampleMaski
     ${HEADER_PATH}/Scissor
+    ${HEADER_PATH}/ScriptEngine
     ${HEADER_PATH}/Sequence
     ${HEADER_PATH}/ShadeModel
     ${HEADER_PATH}/Shader
@@ -323,6 +324,7 @@ SET(TARGET_SRC
     Referenced.cpp
     SampleMaski.cpp
     Scissor.cpp
+    ScriptEngine.cpp
     Sequence.cpp
     ShadeModel.cpp
     Shader.cpp
diff --git a/src/osg/ScriptEngine.cpp b/src/osg/ScriptEngine.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..039187ee1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/osg/ScriptEngine.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+/* -*-c++-*- OpenSceneGraph - Copyright (C) 1998-2013 Robert Osfield
+ *
+ * This library is open source and may be redistributed and/or modified under
+ * the terms of the OpenSceneGraph Public License (OSGPL) version 0.0 or
+ * (at your option) any later version.  The full license is in LICENSE file
+ * included with this distribution, and on the openscenegraph.org website.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * OpenSceneGraph Public License for more details.
+*/
+
+#include <osg/ScriptEngine>
+#include <osg/UserDataContainer>
+
+using namespace osg;
+
+ScriptEngine* ScriptCallback::getScriptEngine(osg::NodePath& nodePath)
+{
+    if (!_script) return 0;
+
+    for(osg::NodePath::reverse_iterator itr = nodePath.rbegin();
+        itr != nodePath.rend();
+        ++itr)
+    {
+        osg::Node* node = *itr;
+        osg::UserDataContainer* udc = node->getUserDataContainer();
+        if (udc)
+        {
+            ScriptEngine* engine = dynamic_cast<ScriptEngine*>(udc->getUserObject(_script->getLanguage()));
+            if (engine) return engine;
+        }
+    }
+    return 0;
+}
+
+void ScriptCallback::operator()(Node* node, NodeVisitor* nv)
+{
+    ScriptEngine* engine = getScriptEngine(nv->getNodePath());
+    if (engine && _script.valid())
+    {
+        engine->run(_script.get());
+    }
+
+    // note, callback is responsible for scenegraph traversal so
+    // they must call traverse(node,nv) to ensure that the
+    // scene graph subtree (and associated callbacks) are traversed.
+    traverse(node,nv);
+}
diff --git a/src/osgDB/Registry.cpp b/src/osgDB/Registry.cpp
index a193f0f07..655018773 100644
--- a/src/osgDB/Registry.cpp
+++ b/src/osgDB/Registry.cpp
@@ -303,6 +303,7 @@ Registry::Registry()
     addFileExtensionAlias("frag", "glsl");
     addFileExtensionAlias("geom", "glsl");
 
+    addFileExtensionAlias("js", "V8");
 
 #if defined(DARWIN_IMAGEIO)
     addFileExtensionAlias("jpg",  "imageio");
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/CMakeLists.txt b/src/osgPlugins/CMakeLists.txt
index 32f3d8388..5aab0108d 100644
--- a/src/osgPlugins/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -258,6 +258,23 @@ ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(pvr)
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(osc)
 ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(trk)
 
+
+####################################################
+#
+# ScriptEngines
+#
+IF (LUA_LIBRARIES AND LUA_INCLUDE_DIR)
+    ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(lua)
+ENDIF()
+
+IF (V8_FOUND)
+    ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(V8)
+ENDIF()
+
+IF (PYTHONLIBS_FOUND)
+    ADD_SUBDIRECTORY(python)
+ENDIF()
+
 ####################################################
 #
 # Device integration plugins
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/V8/CMakeLists.txt b/src/osgPlugins/V8/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6d1db7e3c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/V8/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+SET(TARGET_H
+    V8ScriptEngine.h
+)
+SET(TARGET_SRC
+    V8ScriptEngine.cpp
+    ReaderWriterV8.cpp
+)
+
+SET(TARGET_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES ${TARGET_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES} ${V8_LIBRARY})
+INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${V8_INCLUDE_DIR} )
+
+#### end var setup  ###
+SETUP_PLUGIN(v8)
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/V8/ReaderWriterV8.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/V8/ReaderWriterV8.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..0c3fca8a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/V8/ReaderWriterV8.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+/* -*-c++-*- OpenSceneGraph - Copyright (C) 1998-2013 Robert Osfield
+ *
+ * This library is open source and may be redistributed and/or modified under
+ * the terms of the OpenSceneGraph Public License (OSGPL) version 0.0 or
+ * (at your option) any later version.  The full license is in LICENSE file
+ * included with this distribution, and on the openscenegraph.org website.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * OpenSceneGraph Public License for more details.
+*/
+
+#include <osgDB/FileNameUtils>
+#include <osgDB/FileUtils>
+#include <osgDB/Registry>
+
+#include "V8ScriptEngine.h"
+
+class ReaderWriterV8 : public osgDB::ReaderWriter
+{
+    public:
+
+        ReaderWriterV8()
+        {
+            supportsExtension("v8","JavaScript");
+            supportsExtension("js","JavaScript");
+        }
+
+        virtual const char* className() const { return "V8 JavaScript ScriptEngine plugin"; }
+
+        virtual ReadResult readObject(std::istream& fin,const osgDB::ReaderWriter::Options* options =NULL) const
+        {
+            osg::ref_ptr<osg::Script> script = new osg::Script;
+            script->setLanguage("js");
+
+            std::string str;
+            while(fin)
+            {
+                int c = fin.get();
+                if (c>=0 && c<=255)
+                {
+                    str.push_back(c);
+                }
+            }
+            script->setScript(str);
+
+            return script.release();
+        }
+
+        virtual ReadResult readObject(const std::string& file, const osgDB::ReaderWriter::Options* options =NULL) const
+        {
+            if (file=="ScriptEngine.V8") return new v8::V8ScriptEngine();
+            if (file=="ScriptEngine.js") return new v8::V8ScriptEngine();
+
+            std::string ext = osgDB::getLowerCaseFileExtension(file);
+            if (!acceptsExtension(ext)) return ReadResult::FILE_NOT_HANDLED;
+
+            std::string fileName = osgDB::findDataFile( file, options );
+            if (fileName.empty()) return ReadResult::FILE_NOT_FOUND;
+
+            osgDB::ifstream istream(fileName.c_str(), std::ios::in);
+            if(!istream) return ReadResult::FILE_NOT_HANDLED;
+
+            return readObject(istream, options);
+        }
+
+};
+
+// now register with Registry to instantiate the above
+// reader/writer.
+REGISTER_OSGPLUGIN(v8, ReaderWriterV8)
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/V8/V8ScriptEngine.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/V8/V8ScriptEngine.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e4cfcf3a0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/V8/V8ScriptEngine.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,82 @@
+/* -*-c++-*- OpenSceneGraph - Copyright (C) 1998-2013 Robert Osfield
+ *
+ * This library is open source and may be redistributed and/or modified under
+ * the terms of the OpenSceneGraph Public License (OSGPL) version 0.0 or
+ * (at your option) any later version.  The full license is in LICENSE file
+ * included with this distribution, and on the openscenegraph.org website.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * OpenSceneGraph Public License for more details.
+*/
+
+#include "V8ScriptEngine.h"
+
+using namespace v8;
+
+V8ScriptEngine::V8ScriptEngine():
+    osg::ScriptEngine("js"),
+    _isolate(0)
+{
+    initialize();
+}
+
+V8ScriptEngine::V8ScriptEngine(const V8ScriptEngine& rhs, const osg::CopyOp&):
+    osg::ScriptEngine("js"),
+    _isolate(0)
+{
+    initialize();
+}
+
+V8ScriptEngine::~V8ScriptEngine()
+{
+    _isolate->Dispose();
+    _isolate = 0;
+}
+
+void V8ScriptEngine::initialize()
+{
+    _isolate = v8::Isolate::New();
+
+}
+
+void V8ScriptEngine::run(osg::Script* script)
+{
+    if (!script || !_isolate) return;
+
+    v8::Locker locker(_isolate);
+    v8::Isolate::Scope isolate_scope(_isolate);
+
+    // Create a stack-allocated handle scope.
+    v8::HandleScope handle_scope;
+
+    v8::Handle<v8::ObjectTemplate> global = v8::ObjectTemplate::New();
+    _globalContext = v8::Context::New(NULL, global);
+    _globalTemplate = v8::Persistent<v8::ObjectTemplate>::New(global);
+
+    {
+        // Create a nested handle scope
+        v8::HandleScope local_handle_scope;
+
+        // Enter the global context
+        v8::Context::Scope context_scope(_globalContext);
+
+        // Create a string containing the JavaScript source code.
+        v8::Handle<v8::String> source = v8::String::New(script->getScript().c_str());
+
+        // Compile the source code.
+        v8::Handle<v8::Script> v8_script = v8::Script::Compile(source);
+
+        // Run the script to get the result.
+        v8::Handle<v8::Value> result = v8_script->Run();
+
+        // Convert the result to an ASCII string and print it.
+        v8::String::AsciiValue ascii(result);
+        printf("%s\n", *ascii);
+    }
+        
+    _globalTemplate.Dispose();
+    _globalContext.Dispose();
+
+}
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/V8/V8ScriptEngine.h b/src/osgPlugins/V8/V8ScriptEngine.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..816344ef3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/V8/V8ScriptEngine.h
@@ -0,0 +1,53 @@
+/* -*-c++-*- OpenSceneGraph - Copyright (C) 1998-2013 Robert Osfield
+ *
+ * This library is open source and may be redistributed and/or modified under
+ * the terms of the OpenSceneGraph Public License (OSGPL) version 0.0 or
+ * (at your option) any later version.  The full license is in LICENSE file
+ * included with this distribution, and on the openscenegraph.org website.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * OpenSceneGraph Public License for more details.
+*/
+
+#ifndef V8SCRIPTENGINE_H
+#define V8SCRIPTENGINE_H
+
+#include <osg/ScriptEngine>
+
+#include <v8.h>
+
+namespace v8
+{
+
+class V8ScriptEngine : public osg::ScriptEngine
+{
+    public:
+        V8ScriptEngine();
+        V8ScriptEngine(const V8ScriptEngine& rhs, const osg::CopyOp& copyop=osg::CopyOp::SHALLOW_COPY);
+
+        META_Object(v8, V8ScriptEngine)
+
+        virtual const std::string& getLanguage() const { return _language; }
+
+        /** run a Script.*/
+        virtual void run(osg::Script* script);
+
+        v8::Isolate* getIsolate() { return _isolate; }
+
+    protected:
+
+        void initialize();
+
+        virtual ~V8ScriptEngine();
+
+        v8::Isolate* _isolate;
+        v8::Persistent<v8::Context> _globalContext;
+        v8::Persistent<v8::ObjectTemplate> _globalTemplate;
+};
+
+
+}
+
+#endif
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/lua/CMakeLists.txt b/src/osgPlugins/lua/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..da94edf0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/lua/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+SET(TARGET_H
+    LuaScriptEngine.h
+)
+SET(TARGET_SRC
+    LuaScriptEngine.cpp
+    ReaderWriterLua.cpp
+)
+
+SET(TARGET_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES ${TARGET_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES} ${LUA_LIBRARY})
+INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${LUA_INCLUDE_DIR} )
+
+#### end var setup  ###
+SETUP_PLUGIN(lua)
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/lua/LuaScriptEngine.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/lua/LuaScriptEngine.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..f4df2e0f5
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/lua/LuaScriptEngine.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+/* -*-c++-*- OpenSceneGraph - Copyright (C) 1998-2013 Robert Osfield
+ *
+ * This library is open source and may be redistributed and/or modified under
+ * the terms of the OpenSceneGraph Public License (OSGPL) version 0.0 or
+ * (at your option) any later version.  The full license is in LICENSE file
+ * included with this distribution, and on the openscenegraph.org website.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * OpenSceneGraph Public License for more details.
+*/
+
+#include "LuaScriptEngine.h"
+
+using namespace lua;
+
+LuaScriptEngine::LuaScriptEngine():
+    osg::ScriptEngine("lua"),
+    _lua(0)
+{
+    initialize();
+}
+
+LuaScriptEngine::LuaScriptEngine(const LuaScriptEngine& rhs, const osg::CopyOp&):
+    osg::ScriptEngine("lua"),
+    _lua(0)
+{
+    initialize();
+}
+
+LuaScriptEngine::~LuaScriptEngine()
+{
+    lua_close(_lua);
+}
+
+void LuaScriptEngine::initialize()
+{
+    _lua = lua_open();
+    luaL_openlibs(_lua);
+}
+
+void LuaScriptEngine::run(osg::Script* script)
+{
+    if (!script || !_lua) return;
+
+    if (luaL_dostring(_lua, script->getScript().c_str()))
+    {
+        OSG_NOTICE << "LuaScriptEngine::run(Script*) error: " << lua_tostring(_lua, -1) << std::endl;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/lua/LuaScriptEngine.h b/src/osgPlugins/lua/LuaScriptEngine.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6cf326869
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/lua/LuaScriptEngine.h
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+/* -*-c++-*- OpenSceneGraph - Copyright (C) 1998-2013 Robert Osfield
+ *
+ * This library is open source and may be redistributed and/or modified under
+ * the terms of the OpenSceneGraph Public License (OSGPL) version 0.0 or
+ * (at your option) any later version.  The full license is in LICENSE file
+ * included with this distribution, and on the openscenegraph.org website.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * OpenSceneGraph Public License for more details.
+*/
+
+#ifndef LUASCRIPTENGINE_H
+#define LUASCRIPTENGINE_H
+
+#include <osg/ScriptEngine>
+
+extern "C" {
+#include <lua.h>
+#include <lualib.h>
+#include <lauxlib.h>
+}
+
+namespace lua
+{
+
+class LuaScriptEngine : public osg::ScriptEngine
+{
+    public:
+        LuaScriptEngine();
+        LuaScriptEngine(const LuaScriptEngine& rhs, const osg::CopyOp& copyop=osg::CopyOp::SHALLOW_COPY);
+
+        META_Object(lua, LuaScriptEngine)
+
+        virtual const std::string& getLanguage() const { return _language; }
+
+        /** run a Script.*/
+        virtual void run(osg::Script* script);
+
+        /** get the lua_State object.*/
+        lua_State* getLuaState() { return _lua; }
+
+    protected:
+
+        void initialize();
+
+        virtual ~LuaScriptEngine();
+
+        lua_State* _lua;
+};
+
+
+}
+
+#endif
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/lua/ReaderWriterLua.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/lua/ReaderWriterLua.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..3d38aef87
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/lua/ReaderWriterLua.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/* -*-c++-*- OpenSceneGraph - Copyright (C) 1998-2013 Robert Osfield
+ *
+ * This library is open source and may be redistributed and/or modified under
+ * the terms of the OpenSceneGraph Public License (OSGPL) version 0.0 or
+ * (at your option) any later version.  The full license is in LICENSE file
+ * included with this distribution, and on the openscenegraph.org website.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * OpenSceneGraph Public License for more details.
+*/
+
+#include <osgDB/FileNameUtils>
+#include <osgDB/FileUtils>
+#include <osgDB/Registry>
+
+#include "LuaScriptEngine.h"
+
+class ReaderWriterLua : public osgDB::ReaderWriter
+{
+    public:
+
+        ReaderWriterLua()
+        {
+            supportsExtension("lua","lua script");
+        }
+
+        virtual const char* className() const { return "Lua ScriptEngine plugin"; }
+
+        virtual ReadResult readObject(std::istream& fin,const osgDB::ReaderWriter::Options* options =NULL) const
+        {
+            osg::ref_ptr<osg::Script> script = new osg::Script;
+            script->setLanguage("lua");
+
+            std::string str;
+            while(fin)
+            {
+                int c = fin.get();
+                if (c>=0 && c<=255)
+                {
+                    str.push_back(c);
+                }
+            }
+            script->setScript(str);
+
+            return script.release();
+        }
+
+        virtual ReadResult readObject(const std::string& file, const osgDB::ReaderWriter::Options* options =NULL) const
+        {
+            if (file=="ScriptEngine.lua") return new lua::LuaScriptEngine();
+
+            std::string ext = osgDB::getLowerCaseFileExtension(file);
+            if (!acceptsExtension(ext)) return ReadResult::FILE_NOT_HANDLED;
+
+            std::string fileName = osgDB::findDataFile( file, options );
+            if (fileName.empty()) return ReadResult::FILE_NOT_FOUND;
+
+            osgDB::ifstream istream(fileName.c_str(), std::ios::in);
+            if(!istream) return ReadResult::FILE_NOT_HANDLED;
+
+            return readObject(istream, options);
+        }
+
+};
+
+// now register with Registry to instantiate the above
+// reader/writer.
+REGISTER_OSGPLUGIN(lua, ReaderWriterLua)
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/python/CMakeLists.txt b/src/osgPlugins/python/CMakeLists.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9a3fcf680
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/python/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+SET(TARGET_H
+    PythonScriptEngine.h
+)
+SET(TARGET_SRC
+    PythonScriptEngine.cpp
+    ReaderWriterPython.cpp
+)
+
+SET(TARGET_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES ${TARGET_EXTERNAL_LIBRARIES} ${PYTHON_LIBRARY})
+INCLUDE_DIRECTORIES(${PYTHON_INCLUDE_DIR} )
+
+#### end var setup  ###
+SETUP_PLUGIN(python)
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/python/PythonScriptEngine.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/python/PythonScriptEngine.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..444086d8c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/python/PythonScriptEngine.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+/* -*-c++-*- OpenSceneGraph - Copyright (C) 1998-2013 Robert Osfield
+ *
+ * This library is open source and may be redistributed and/or modified under
+ * the terms of the OpenSceneGraph Public License (OSGPL) version 0.0 or
+ * (at your option) any later version.  The full license is in LICENSE file
+ * included with this distribution, and on the openscenegraph.org website.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * OpenSceneGraph Public License for more details.
+*/
+
+#include "PythonScriptEngine.h"
+
+using namespace python;
+
+PythonScriptEngine::PythonScriptEngine():
+    osg::ScriptEngine("python"),
+    _py_main(0)
+{
+    initialize();
+}
+
+PythonScriptEngine::PythonScriptEngine(const PythonScriptEngine& rhs, const osg::CopyOp&):
+    osg::ScriptEngine("python"),
+    _py_main(0)
+{
+    initialize();
+}
+
+PythonScriptEngine::~PythonScriptEngine()
+{
+    Py_Finalize();
+}
+
+void PythonScriptEngine::initialize()
+{
+    Py_InitializeEx(0);
+
+    _py_main = PyModule_GetDict(PyImport_AddModule("__main__"));
+}
+
+void PythonScriptEngine::run(osg::Script* script)
+{
+    if (!script || !_py_main) return;
+
+    PyObject* r = PyRun_String(script->getScript().c_str(), Py_file_input, _py_main, _py_main);
+
+    if(!r) {
+        r = PyErr_Occurred();
+
+        if(r) {
+            PyErr_Print();
+            PyErr_Clear();
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/python/PythonScriptEngine.h b/src/osgPlugins/python/PythonScriptEngine.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..a686dd379
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/python/PythonScriptEngine.h
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/* -*-c++-*- OpenSceneGraph - Copyright (C) 1998-2013 Robert Osfield
+ *
+ * This library is open source and may be redistributed and/or modified under
+ * the terms of the OpenSceneGraph Public License (OSGPL) version 0.0 or
+ * (at your option) any later version.  The full license is in LICENSE file
+ * included with this distribution, and on the openscenegraph.org website.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * OpenSceneGraph Public License for more details.
+*/
+
+#ifndef PYTHONSCRIPTENGINE_H
+#define PYTHONSCRIPTENGINE_H
+
+#include <osg/ScriptEngine>
+
+#include <Python.h>
+
+namespace python
+{
+
+class PythonScriptEngine : public osg::ScriptEngine
+{
+    public:
+        PythonScriptEngine();
+        PythonScriptEngine(const PythonScriptEngine& rhs, const osg::CopyOp& copyop=osg::CopyOp::SHALLOW_COPY);
+
+        META_Object(lua, PythonScriptEngine)
+
+        virtual const std::string& getLanguage() const { return _language; }
+
+        /** run a Script.*/
+        virtual void run(osg::Script* script);
+
+        /** get the Python main object.*/
+        PyObject* getPythonMain() { return _py_main; }
+
+    protected:
+
+        void initialize();
+
+        virtual ~PythonScriptEngine();
+
+        PyObject* _py_main;
+
+};
+
+}
+
+#endif
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/osgPlugins/python/ReaderWriterPython.cpp b/src/osgPlugins/python/ReaderWriterPython.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..78ece43c3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/osgPlugins/python/ReaderWriterPython.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/* -*-c++-*- OpenSceneGraph - Copyright (C) 1998-2013 Robert Osfield
+ *
+ * This library is open source and may be redistributed and/or modified under
+ * the terms of the OpenSceneGraph Public License (OSGPL) version 0.0 or
+ * (at your option) any later version.  The full license is in LICENSE file
+ * included with this distribution, and on the openscenegraph.org website.
+ *
+ * This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+ * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+ * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+ * OpenSceneGraph Public License for more details.
+*/
+
+#include <osgDB/FileNameUtils>
+#include <osgDB/FileUtils>
+#include <osgDB/Registry>
+
+#include "PythonScriptEngine.h"
+
+class ReaderWriterPython : public osgDB::ReaderWriter
+{
+    public:
+
+        ReaderWriterPython()
+        {
+            supportsExtension("python","python script");
+        }
+
+        virtual const char* className() const { return "Python ScriptEngine plugin"; }
+
+        virtual ReadResult readObject(std::istream& fin,const osgDB::ReaderWriter::Options* options =NULL) const
+        {
+            osg::ref_ptr<osg::Script> script = new osg::Script;
+            script->setLanguage("python");
+
+            std::string str;
+            while(fin)
+            {
+                int c = fin.get();
+                if (c>=0 && c<=255)
+                {
+                    str.push_back(c);
+                }
+            }
+            script->setScript(str);
+
+            return script.release();
+        }
+
+        virtual ReadResult readObject(const std::string& file, const osgDB::ReaderWriter::Options* options =NULL) const
+        {
+            if (file=="ScriptEngine.python") return new python::PythonScriptEngine();
+
+            std::string ext = osgDB::getLowerCaseFileExtension(file);
+            if (!acceptsExtension(ext)) return ReadResult::FILE_NOT_HANDLED;
+
+            std::string fileName = osgDB::findDataFile( file, options );
+            if (fileName.empty()) return ReadResult::FILE_NOT_FOUND;
+
+            osgDB::ifstream istream(fileName.c_str(), std::ios::in);
+            if(!istream) return ReadResult::FILE_NOT_HANDLED;
+
+            return readObject(istream, options);
+        }
+
+};
+
+// now register with Registry to instantiate the above
+// reader/writer.
+REGISTER_OSGPLUGIN(python, ReaderWriterPython)