Month: October 2015

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Gaming PC market waiting for next-gen hardware

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Randall Newton

New JPR market report says PC gaming hardware market will be essentially flat in 2015 before resuming growth in 2016. ...

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Jon Peddie Research announces Virtualize 2015 agenda

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GfxS staff

Speakers from a variety of perspectives will share insights on implementing virtualization technologies. Jon Peddie Research (JPR) has released the ...

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Virtual Reality develops as a medium at Oculus Connect 2

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Kathleen Maher

New introductions, new content take VR beyond novelty. By Kathleen Maher VR is coming! VR is coming! and Oculus hopes ...

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Boxx shows off a good-looking box

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Randall Newton

New Apexx 1 breaks the black box barrier and even has a rendering sidekick. Apexx 1 is an all-new, ultra-small-form-factor ...

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Intel Skylake triggers industry-wide workstation product refresh

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GfxS staff

HP and Dell out of the chute with new mobile and entry deskside models By Alex Herrera Intel has launched ...

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ILM, Whiskeytree and the digital construction of Tomorrowland

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Randall Newton

Creative teams at ILM and Whiskytree used CineSync to stay in constant contact regarding scenes and CG creations. The gleaming ...

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PTC to Acquire Qualcomm’s Vuforia Augmented Reality technology

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Kathleen Maher

Qualcomm announces the sale of its AR subsidiary Vuforia to PTC. Most see this as a move to raise value and placate restive investors who are seeking the breakup of Qualcomm. The acquisition will help PTC build its IoT division.

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Fighting for the creative

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Kathleen Maher

With over 5 million subscribers Adobe's user base represents an attractive target market for tablet and PC makers. Apple and Microsoft are both taking aim.

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Autodesk reboots vector illustration tool as Graphic

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Randall Newton

Graphic spans the Apple world using iCloud to move drawings between iOS and Mac. Autodesk has rebooted its iDraw vector ...

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Maxwell Render update adds virtual reality lenses

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Randall Newton

Speed improvements and new rendering methods also highlight the Version 3.2 release of this popular professional 3D rendering software. Next ...