Google Stadia joins the cloud gaming market
Not a subscription service, a delivery system of your games
Google Stadia joins the cloud gaming market
Stadia is making headlines with its streaming game service but a pack is forming close behind. Sony has been in the game. Watch for entries from Sony, Microstation, Nividia, and Samsung Cloud gaming has been tried since 2003, by several companies. Since then, the internet has gotten a lot faster, and processors have too. The time may be right … Read more
GPU outlook for PC gaming and data centers
The PC GPU market is multi-segmented over several platforms and multiple market categories. Therefore, it is not possible to make summary assumptions and predictions about GPUs because a GPU is not a single thing. This is an overview of the GPU market. It is not meant to be exhaustive, but rather one of our regular updates on the topic. … Read more
XR is the new name of head mounted computing and AI does not use a display when it plays video games
Due to the incorporation of cameras on the front of what have been traditionally known as “VR headsets,” the VR and AR industries were faced with a conundrum and an overlap. AR can be experienced through cameras in a VR head-mounted display (HMD). In fact, the vast majority of headset AR on the market today is experienced through cameras. … Read more
May the Shield be with you—Nvidia has a new one, or two
Nvidia has been extremely clever at squeezing an ROI out of its failed efforts to enter the mobile phone and tablet business. The slick cliché slingers call it pivoting, we call it making lemonade, our cliché is better. The tiny but mighty Arm-based Tega SoC that drank too much of a mobile phone’s battery does just fine in automobiles, … Read more
What is the best AIB for gaming — it depends
We keep getting requests from Quora and occasional friends asking, what is the best AIB for____, or can AMD XXX do better than Nvidia YYY? Mostly there are lazy questions that could be asked by the questioner with a little effort and web searching. We never answer such questions, although there seem to be plenty of people within Quora … Read more
What is the best AIB for gaming — it depends
What’s the game, what’s you budget, do you care about power consumption?
What if while you were playing a game
If you’ve ever played with or installed wi-fi operated lights like GE smart bulb or Philips’ Hue, then you’ve had the pleasure and fun of making them change color and brightness on command or by a timer. What if you could have those effects while you were playing a game? What if when you went into a dark tunnel or … Read more
The big potential of training and education games
The education and gaming market is ill-defined but those applications represent a significant market. And it’s growing.
The big potential of training and education games
Source: Gerd Altmann from Pixabay The global video game industry has many game types, genres, platforms, business, and use models. There are so many permeations and combinations that people often disagree about what is what. There is even debate about the definition of what constitutes a video game. I have always viewed simulation and interactive training/education as part of … Read more
Penny Arcade achieves 15-year milestone for gaming conference series
PAX West 2019 Seattle Convention Center. (Source: JPR) Penny Arcade (PAX) started in 2004 in Bellevue, Washington, born of a desire by webcomic authors Jerry Holkins and Mike Krahulik to hold a show exclusively for gaming. The three-day Labor Day weekend conference featured presentations, rock & roll performances, a tournament, and collectible pin trading. There was also a curated … Read more
Federal Bureau of Control
Remedy of Espoo Finland has brought us some great game like the Max Payne series, the creepy Alan Wake, and the failed time-machine in Quantum Break. Control is a bit different, and a bit enhanced with ray tracing effects brought to life through Nvidia’s RTX accelerators. The folks in Espoo have always created clever, edgy, and intelligent FPSs that challenge … Read more