Jon Peddie, Author at ACM SIGGRAPH Blog

It’s the Pixel’s Birthday — How Did You Celebrate?

5 October 2021 • by Jon PeddieConferences

Chasing pixels, finding gems. Dive into the origins of the pixel, which is a 3D gaussian point spread and not a little colored square.

A Biography of the Pixel, Alvy Ray Smith, Computer Graphics, Jon Peddie Research, Pixel

CG market to reach $160 billion by 2024

14 July 2021 • by Jon PeddieBusiness, Data, Interactive Techniques

Jon Peddie Research (JPR) shares data on how the CG market and industry will increase to 2% CAGR growth over the next few years.

Business, Computer Graphics, GPU, Industry News, Market

Mesh Shaders Release the Intrinsic Power of a GPU

6 April 2021 • by Jon PeddieConferences, Graphics, Hardware

Jon Peddie Research shares how it has taken 20 years to realize the intrinsic power of a GPU through mesh shaders.

Epic Games, GPU, Jon Peddie Research, Khronos, mesh shaders, NVIDIA

GPU Suppliers Are Increasing While Demand May Decline

5 January 2021 • by Jon PeddieBusiness, Gaming, Graphics, Hardware

Jon Peddie Research asks of GPU market, “Will gamers turn to the web and take the wind out of the startup’s sails?”

AI, Artificial Intelligence, GPU, Jon Peddie Research

COVID and the Need for Immersion

6 October 2020 • by Jon PeddieBusiness, Gaming

Jon Peddie Research shares how COVID-19 is making the case for gaming, and why ray tracing and object-based sound are critical components.

COVID-19, Epic Games, Game Design, Game Developers, Game Development, Games, NVIDIA, Quarantine, Ray Tracing, Sound

Pixel-powered Polygons Boil Frogs

7 July 2020 • by Jon PeddieBusiness, Gaming, Graphics, Hardware, Software

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.

Computer Graphics, GPU, Hardware, Jon Peddie Research, processors, Ray Tracing, real-time, Software

Vuforia Chalk — Telemedicine for the Industry

7 April 2020 • by Jon PeddieAugmented Reality, Business, Interactive Techniques

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.

Augmented Reality, COVID-19, Jon Peddie Research, PTC, Remote Assistance with Augmented Reality, telemedicine, Vuforia Chalk

Skip the Show — Watch the Titles

7 January 2020 • by Jon PeddieConferences, Graphics, Visual Effects

Jon Peddie takes a look at motion graphics in title sequences over the years, in everything from games to televsion to movies.

Computer Graphics, FMX, Jon Peddie Research, MoGraph, Motion Graphics, Title Sequence, Titles, VFX, Visual Effects

Data Science and Visual Computing

26 December 2019 • by Jon PeddieAnimation, Simulation, Visual Effects

A look at a new book on big data and visualization.

AI, Artificial Intelligence, Big Data, books, Data, data science, Internet of Things, Jon Peddie Research, visual computing, Visualization

Ray Tracing Will be Everywhere in 2020

8 October 2019 • by Jon PeddieAugmented Reality, Gaming, Graphics, Hardware, Production, Real-Time

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.