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Wacom Cintiq 24HD Released!

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Wacom have unveiled the new Cintiq 24HD!

The updated 24" screen has been improved with an array of new features including 2048 levels of sensitivity, full HD resolution and HDCP protocol support!

Wacom Inkling Digital Sketch Pen

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Wacom have announced the Inkling digital sketch pen!

The device allows the capture of layered, freehand strokes onto a standard paper surface and then transfer them as vector images via USB into an image editor for later refinement Laughing out loud

Microsoft Releases Kinect SDK For Windows!

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Microsoft has released the non commercial SDK for Kinect on the Windows platform!

The SDK will allow developers to fully utilise the power of Kinect on the windows platform, which has until now, been solely in the court of the mod scene.

 

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Iray

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The new Iray:

Speed

Simplicity

Quality

 

This rendering technology is by far a leap into the future. 

Tips:

http://irayrender.com/#/tips

 

Stories:

http://irayrender.com/#/stories

 

More can be found at:

http://irayrender.com/#

 

Nvidia predict 1000% increase In GPU Power By 2015!

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Nvidia's Senior Vice President of Content and Technology has predicted a 1000% increase In GPU Power By 2015.

CryENGINE 3 Technology Focus

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CGSociety have sat down with Crytek's Principal R&D Engineer Tiago Sousa and had a long chat about the technology behind CryEngine 3 Laughing out loud

RealFiction

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DreamocXL is a powerful way to showcase your product. It is a mixed-reality display designed to present products or artifacts in combination with free floating holographic video elements.

RealFiction you rock the Holo-World!

Check out some of their videos located on the home site below:

http://www.realfiction.com/en/products/dreamocxltrade-big-3d-display/

CryEngine 3 GDC 2011: Tech Showcase!

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Crytek have unveiled a simply stunning tech showcase featuring their 3rd iteration of CryEngine.

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Crytek cracks open its next-gen engine and real-time toolbox!

Check out the video over at GameTrailers.com!

PSP2 Announced!

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Sony have announced the next incarnation of the Playstation Portable console, entitled NGP (Next Generation Portable)

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Today in Tokyo, Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. announced the next generation portable entertainment system (codename: NGP). NGP will make its debut at the end of the 2011, but here’s everything you need to know right now.

 

Key NGP features:

Pros And Cons Of GPU-Accelerated Rendering

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3DWorld have published a very nice article, written by Sony Pictures Imageworks’ Rob Bredow, on the pros and cons of GPU-accelerated rendering. Smiling

 

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Sony Pictures Imageworks’ Rob Bredow explores the pros and cons of GPU-accelerated rendering in real-world production pipelines.

The Sounds Of Skyrim

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GameInformer have posted a great series of videos that explore the soundscape of Bethesdas forthcoming game TESV:Skyrim

The videos go over how Audio Director Mark Lampert created the vast array of different sound that are to be found in the next Elder Scrolls adventure.

2 Kinects 1 Box !

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Okrey Los has improved his initial concept of using Kinect to map and reconstruct video into 3d, by adding another Kinect into the mix!

3DMark 11

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Futuremark have announced that 3DMark 11 is now available for pre-order, but the official release will be delayed by a few days so that the quality will be top notch!

DirectX 11 Tessellation Guide

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Nvidia's newest site: http://www.geforce.com has a awesome DirectX 11 tessellation guide which goes over the theory behind the 4xx only feature.

Boxx Giveaway!

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Boxx Tech are currently running a giveaway where one lucky winner can get their hands on a Super powerful Boxx workstation!

 

All you have to do for a chance to win is fill out a survey before December 10th 2010, which will automatically enter you into the competition Smiling

Check out the rules HERE and fill out the survey  HERE to enter!

3D Hologram Technology

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The the University of Arizona College of Optical Sciences has recently unveiled state of the art 3d holographic displays that can display full movement :O

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Traditional holograms are printed much in the same way a poster or a painting are, in that once the image is printed on a surface, it is permanent. But a technological breakthrough at the University of Arizona College of Optical Sciences has brought the possibility of full color, rewritable, holographic displays and televisions one step closer to reality.

 

Results of 3ds Max platform survey

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"For many years, we've been hearing about increased requests for the Mac OS X and we felt it was a good time to poll as many people as possible to hear what everyone we could reach is thinking. A week later we've already received  about 1,000 responses so I think we've reached a point where we can speak to the results." See the original article here:

http://area.autodesk.com/blogs/ken/the_community_has_spoken_results_of_3ds_max_platform_survey

GTC Keynotes

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GPU Technology Conference keynote speakers announced for late September in San Jose.

Adobe CS5 – Accelerated GPU Features

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Nvidia have uploaded a video showcasing the GPU accelerations that are to be found in the hotly anticipated CS5 suite.

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