Industry great Kurt Akeley retires
Contributed immensely to 3D graphics architecture and definition
Autodesk spiffs up its 3D software
Autodesk has added a new layer of polish to its popular 3D tools, updating its Maya, 3ds Max, Arnold, and Bifrost with new features that will enable artists and animators in the film, television, games, and design visualization industries to tackle modern workflow challenges more easily and with greater efficiency.
Time to get hyped!
Esports and other virtual events have a loyal fan base, just as live events like the NBA or NFL have. To bring the excitement levels up a notch or two for fans and audiences within live events, sports, or esports broadcasts, producers are increasingly turning to real-time options to enhance their graphics and image content.
It’s National 3D Day!
Time to celebrate stereo 3D technology
AMD caps its CPU with cache
The AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D, which has an extra die of cache fused to the top, will be available April 20 for $449, AMD has announced. This is the first Ryzen processor to feature AMD 3D V-Cache technology, which AMD announced at CES 2022 in January.
Announcing Karen Moltenbrey as Editor in Chief for Jon Peddie Research
An influencer, and mentor to the computer graphics community, she will broaden JPR’s extensive industry knowledge and experience
Arma 3: In the thick of combat
I jumped back into the saddle last night playing Arma 3 with Vietnam War Mod, a realistic open-world military tactical shooter video game from Bohemia Interactive.
Q4’21 maintains torrid — albeit unsustainable — workstation market growth
As part of its ongoing research on the workstation market, Jon Peddie Research (JPR) has released its JPR Workstation Report Market Quarterly for Q4’21. There will be a quarter that ends the workstation market’s historically ...
Add-in board market reaches $51.8 billion in 2021
Unit shipments in the add-in board market increased in Q4'21 from last quarter, while AMD gained market share. Over $13.5B
Lenovo introduces ThinkStation P620 workstation
Lenovo’s new ThinkStation P620 desktop workstation is based on AMD’s new single-socket, 24-core Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5000WX-Series processor CPU.
Curvy, touchy, illuminated, and animated control surfaces
Founded in 2016 in Royal Wootton Bassett near Swindon, Uniphy has developed a 3D smart-surface solution. It combines novel algorithms and patented technologies, and uses standard materials and mainstream manufacturing processes. The result is touch screens that can be formed on various surfaces and include touch sensitivity to create smart 3D interfaces.
The Steam Deck is not what Valve says it is.
Is it a PC or a console?