The CG market will exceed $150 billion in 2013
http://jonpeddie.com/press-releases/details/jon-peddie-research-says-the-cg-market-will-exceed-150-billion-in-2013/
Jon Peddie Research Says the CG market will exceed $150 billion in 2013
Industry has had 16.5% growth for past 28 years
The ACM SIGGRAPH Pioneers event
The ACM SIGGRAPH Pioneers event, sponsored by Pixar, will be on July 27 at 6:30 PM at the SIGGRAPH Headquarters hotel, JW Marriott, in LA. Academy Award winner Paul Debevec is the guest speaker.
Jon Peddie Research Acquires Vektorrum Group
http://jonpeddie.com/press-releases/details/jon-peddie-research-acquires-vektorrum-group/
New Whitepaper on Bigfoot Killer 2100
http://jonpeddie.com/publications/whitepapers/bigfoot-killer-2010/
The New Visualization
A new generation of graphics processors and add-in-boards (AIBs) puts large-scale visualization in reach.
Been seeing double for a very long time
The idea of using a computer for stereovision representation of molecules dates back to Project MAC at MIT in 1966. And in the early 1980s the concept became known “molecular graphics” and the Molecular Graphics Society (MGS) in the UK formalized the notion and science of computer-based molecular modeling. Initially much of the technology concentrated either on high-performance 3D graphics, … Read more
Jon Peddie Research Acquires Vektorrum Group
JPR enhances its CAD expertise;
It’s the noun stupid – Video Game Consoles
I couldn’t understand after all these years why the press keeps referring to, and getting excited about “video games,” and yet never mentioned the PC. The first console dates back to the “Brown Box,” Ralph Baer developed at Sanders in 1962 (although Baer says he thought of it in 1952.) Sanders licensed it to Magnavox in 1969, and Magnavox then … Read more
Nintendo goes with DMP for S3D graphics engine
Today, DMP announced in Japan that Nintendo has adopted DMPOpenGL ES 1.1 compliant PICA200 for the 3DS. The new Nintendo 3DS is an amazing little device. The DS has already been a beloved machine attracting over 100 million users since 2004. Not many products (that I can think of, at least) can match that volume of enthusiasm or the customer … Read more
E3 Press event – press need not attend
Against my better judgment I went to E3 two days early so I could attend the “press events” of the console companies. These events are often associated with some form (ahem) of entertainment. They are also oversubscribed, overcrowded, and usually uninformative. Why then are these megamillion dollar extravaganzas held? What’s the ROI for Microsoft, Nintendo, or Sony? Good question. It’s … Read more
Those ungrateful consumers
Look at all we’ve done for them and have they once said thanks? No, all they want to do is talk about the good old days. The good old what? You mean when we had Windows 95, and a laptop had VGA resolution in a nine-inch screen, weighed ten pounds and ran on a battery for almost three hours? Yeah, … Read more