Death. There’s death all around us. Everywhere you look. Corpses litterer the sidewalks. We worry that they may become blood-sucking zombies; some surely will. TV killed the radio. There was no funeral. No flowers or playing of bag pipes, just cold death, and no apologies. TV also killed the movies; it was horrible to watch, but we had to, we … Read more
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Some recovery seen, don’t buy a new car just yet GPUs were flat qtr to qtr, all platforms down In the past when life was stable and markets predictable, we had a thing called seasonality. Internet buying all year, the cost of gasoline, decline of retail, and a five year recession has made seasonality a faint, and romantic distant memory—welcome … Read more
For the second straight year Siggraph is carving out a portion of its schedule for special sessions devoted to mobile graphics technology. This year’s Siggraph Mobile program will present the latest advances in mobile technologies, graphics, and apps. “Some of the top companies in mobile graphics hardware will present their latest technologies, including ARM, Nvidia, Intel, and Qualcomm.” – See … Read more
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Dr. Jon Peddie’s New Book Explains How Beautiful Images are made in CAD, 3D, VR and AR. If you have ever looked at a fantastic adventure or science fiction movie, or a rich computer game, and wondered “How do they do that?”, you can now satisfy your curiosity with: The History of Visual Magic in Computers The 448-page book includes … Read more
New Book Explains How Beautiful Images are Made in CAD, 3D, VR and AR
Over the next few months Dr. Peddie will be posting essays and thoughts on developing trends on various platforms such as mobile phones, flexible displays, senors, CG and a variety of other topics. In the first installment of Trends and Forecasts Dr. Peddie discusses the move to mobile and the impact of the API. Read the first essay of Trends … Read more
The subject for today is innovation. Isn’t it always? Yeah, but innovation isn’t something that can be tapped like a maple tree; it doesn’t arrive just because you sent a trainload of cash to go get it. After a long silence, AMD has unveiled new positioning and new resolve. At a recent meeting, AMD’s president Rory Read told analysts he … Read more
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A new semi-regular series Having just finished a book on the history of computer graphics I’ve decided to be Janus and also look at the future, which seems appropriate because that’s where we’re all going to end up. Over the next few months I’m going to post essays and thoughts on what I see as the developing trends, and some … Read more
