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Khronos struggles with keeping Collada relevant

Khronos struggles with keeping Collada relevant

Mar. 21 | The standards group responsible for the graphics exchange standard realizes content exchange is a huge challenge and that so far Collada implementations are falling short on. Commentary by Kathleen Maher. By Kathleen Maher The Khronos Group has published...

Autodesk debuts its Gameware group

Autodesk debuts its Gameware group

Mar. 16 | Autodesk products have been used to create more than 1,000 games. As the market matures and changes, Autodesk is assembling a team and a product group to cover more of the game-building process. By Kathleen Maher It’s no secret that Autodesk has been...

HP redefines workstations with new Z1 all-in-one

HP redefines workstations with new Z1 all-in-one

Feb. 15 | With simultaneous public roll-outs in Las Vegas and San Diego, HP re-asserts itself as the dominate player in workstations with a novel new product. HP is putting on a big show in Vegas. The company is repositioning from the ground to the cloud, and it...

Fabric Engine leverages the cloud for high-performance applications

Fabric Engine leverages the cloud for high-performance applications

Feb. 10 | Built to solve complex simultaneous uses of CPU and GPU for animation, Fabric Engine has the potential to solve knotty issues in a wide variety of disciplines. By Kathleen Maher It’s not much of a secret that while processors, CPUs and GPUs alike have...

HP has big plans … we just don’t know what they are

HP has big plans … we just don’t know what they are

Feb. 8 | HP will be hosting press and analysts at a big bash in Las Vegas to unveil new products and just generally make a big splash. HP is throwing itself a big bash in Las Vegas to celebrate new products and direction The company sent around this mysterious...

New augmented reality platforms jazz up mobile

New augmented reality platforms jazz up mobile

Feb. 6 | Qualcomm’s Vuforia and HP’s Aurasma can make objects or the passing scene part of the mobile experience. By Kathleen Maher [Editor’s Note: Some of the Jon Peddie Research staff attended the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas recently, including...

Manufacture comes home

Manufacture comes home

Jan. 26 | The future is always different than we think it will be. There are people working to completely revamp the process of manufacture and they’re not thinking about some distant time. They’re looking at what happens now. On January 24, the earth...

Adobe releases Lightroom 4 to beta

Adobe releases Lightroom 4 to beta

Jan. 13 | Imaging and management software for photo enthusiasts and professionals is hot. There are several strong new products coming to market including Corel’s new AfterShot Pro, and Adobe Lightroom 4 is now available as a free beta download. Adobe’s...

Hyundai and Kia follow through with Windchill

Hyundai and Kia follow through with Windchill

Jan. 10 | The goal is the total integration of Kia and Hyundai into one organization, to create the world’s fourth largest auto manufacturer. PTC has successfully completed the first phase of deployment for its enterprise product life cycle management (PLM)...

Adobe posts a record year in 2011

Adobe posts a record year in 2011

Dec. 30 | Subscription plans are in place, the cloud is growing, and new software is in the pipeline. Adobe is set to use a strong 2011 as a foundation for a stronger 2012. By Kathleen Maher At the close of 2011 Adobe (NASDAQ: ADBE) turned in its strongest year...