COVID and the Need for Immersion
Jon Peddie Research shares how COVID-19 is making the case for gaming, and why ray tracing and object-based sound are critical components.
Pixel-powered Polygons Boil Frogs
Improvements in processing power, and the cost reductions due to mass consumption, have resulted in a virtuous circle feeding software developments that exploit the improvements in processors and then demanding more.
Vuforia Chalk — Telemedicine for the Industry
PTC is offering its remote assistance tool, Vuforia Chalk, for free to help manufacturers during the COVID-19 crisis. Jon Peddie Research shares product info.
Skip the Show — Watch the Titles
Jon Peddie takes a look at motion graphics in title sequences over the years, in everything from games to televsion to movies.
Data Science and Visual Computing
A look at a new book on big data and visualization.
Ray Tracing Will be Everywhere in 2020
Jon Peddie shares how PCs, consoles, and mobile devices will all employ ray tracing in the near future, and which top companies are leading the charge.
The CG Industry Is Still Growing
Jon Peddie Research shares a report on the constantly changing, restless computer graphics industry and what makes it so amazing.
Seeing Things That Aren’t There — How Augmented Reality Will Change Our Lives
Preview the book ‘Augmented Reality: Where We Will All Live’ and discover key AR features developers are focusing on.
Benchmarking Ray Tracing
Real-time ray-tracing promises to bring new levels of realism to in-game graphics. Image source: Underwriter Labs. Ray tracing, as experts know, is a simple algorithm that can totally consume a processor. But how much a given processor is consumed is … Continued
The Many Roles of the GPU
The original use and development for the GPU was to accelerate 3D games and rendering.