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Unreal Engine 5.1 releases with major improvements to lighting

The newest update to Epic’s Unreal Engine adds many new features, including some to the Lumen system and animation.

Sony is rejoining the VR royale with the PS VR2

The VR headset market is ready for a shake-up, and Sony is among those expected to enter the ring with its new offering early next year.

After two years, Nvidia finally releases PhysX 5

Nvidia’s PhysX 5 SDK is now available outside of Omniverse, fortunately with the same open-source license terms as PhysX 4.

Nvidia’s Instant NeRF named as one of the year’s top innovations

Time magazine recognizes Nvidia’s new 3D technology as one of the Best Inventions of 2022.

34 inches at 175 Hz—see faster with Alienware AW3423DW

Plus, this display has amazing blacks with quantum dots.

Twins and ’verses—not really new stuff

But it’s much more than pigs with lipstick.

Forecasting the impossible future

We have enough PCs, thank you.

Moore Threads’ AIB available in China

The S80 AIB is the first to feature PCIe 5.0.

An open-source VR headset?

A trio of companies have teamed up to achieve just that.

GPUs experience biggest qtr-to-qtr drop in Q3’22 since the 2009 recession

GPU shipments decreased -10.3% sequentially and -25% year to year.

Real-time ray tracing on a smartphone—really?

Qualcomm says they can, and will ship it next year.

MetaX Tech plans gaming GPU

Will use SMIC’s surprising 7nm process for the GPU, which it plans to have for the domestic market by 2025.