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DirectX 12 and Vulkan: what it is, and what it isn’t

Posted on August 10, 2016 by Scali

I often read comments in the vein of: “… but vendor A’s hardware is designed more for DX12/Vulkan than vendor B’s”. It’s a bit more complicated than that, because it is somewhat of a chicken-and-egg problem. So I thought I’d … Continue reading →

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Rise of the Tomb Raider: DX12 update

Posted on March 12, 2016 by Scali

An update for Rise of the Tomb Raider was released yesterday, adding support for the DX12 API: http://steamcommunity.com/games/391220/announcements/detail/870690772757808963 And: http://tombraider.tumblr.com/post/140859222830/dev-blog-bringing-directx-12-to-rise-of-the-tomb As you can see: Adds NVIDIA VXAO Ambient Occlusion technology. This is the world’s most advanced real-time AO solution, specifically developed for … Continue reading →

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BHM File Format release 0.3b

Posted on November 21, 2015 by Scali

I have made a new release of the BHM File Format project. In release 0.3b there have been some minor code refactorings and bugfixes, but the most important new thing is the BHM Visualizer tool: This C# application (which should … Continue reading →

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Test Drive’s pixelized transition effect

Posted on December 24, 2014 by Scali

Today I want to talk about the transition effect in the game Test Drive from 1987. The effect will switch from one image to the next by replacing it pixel for pixel in a somewhat randomized pattern: I discussed this … Continue reading →

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SteamOS and Mantle

Posted on October 14, 2013 by Scali

I wasn’t originally going to even waste time on these developments… but over the past weeks I’ve been noticing a lot of confusion on the net, so I will just give my two cents here. SteamOS Well, yet another linux … Continue reading →

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Alex St. John: The Evolution of Direct3D

Posted on September 19, 2013 by Scali

I just stumbled upon this blog by Alex St. John, one of the creators of DirectX at Microsoft: http://www.alexstjohn.com/WP/2013/07/22/the-evolution-of-direct3d/ It gives a very interesting view on how OpenGL and Direct3D related to each other in the early days, within Microsoft. … Continue reading →

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