ShaderMap is an image texture and map generator for 3D designers. It allows you to create maps from source images, 3D models and lightscan images. Each map is generated by a plugin. There are a number of standard map plugins that are included in the ShaderMap installation like: Diffuse Displacements Diffuse Albedo Normal Displacement [...]
With Oculus Connect 6 (OC6), Facebook has officially confirmed after months of speculation that the company is developing its own user-centric Augmented Reality (AR) glasses. Andrew Bosworth, Vice President of AR/VR at Facebook, revealed on stage during his OC6 keynote speech that the company currently had "some" [...]
The use of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) software has become an essential tool for reducing development costs by enabling users to quickly machine more realistic geometries. CFD is a simulation tool for the analysis of complex thermal and fluidic phenomena. It is crucial for the safety of [...]
In the world of engineering and design, high-performance computing (HPC) has been used to solve complex tasks with ease. The popularity of HPCs has increased significantly, but many are still struggling to figure out the right configurations. In addition, the question often arises as to when and how they should be used. This struggle [...]
We have been talking a lot about PTC Creo in our blog lately. We introduced PTC Creo as an alternative to SolidWorks and compared the product with SolidWorks according to various criteria. In the following article we would like to show you everything you should know about PTC Creo. [...]
WebGL 2.0 has evolved into a powerful technology based on a very successful WebGL 1.0, which is now fully deployed in numerous professional CAD and 3D applications on the Web. This feature describes the history and why WebGL 2.0 is such an important standard. As a result [...]
WebGL or Web Graphics Library is nothing more than a JavaScript API that allows interactive 2D and 3D graphics to be displayed on any supporting web browser without the need for third-party plug-ins. It works well with conventional web standards, allowing you to use GPU acceleration to display graphics and physics as part of [...]
Much of the benchmarking of Intel`s new Gallium3D OpenGL open source driver will be done with various "Gen9" graphics hardware, as this is spreading rapidly and Icelandic Gen11 graphics hardware for Linux benchmarking is not yet available. But since the Iris Gallium3D again supports Broadwell "Gen8" graphics, in this article we take a look [...]
AMD has had high-performance computing contracts lately, but to really compete with Nvidia, it needs to develop an alternative to Nvidia`s CUDA language. The $5.4 billion purchase of ATI Technologies by AMD in 2006 seemed like a strange event. The companies were not only in separate markets, [...]
OTOY generates more and more positive feedback. With OctaneRender, the company is not only developing one of the most feature-rich and powerful renderers, OctanRender, but also a corresponding benchmark called OctaneBench. We`ve been using OTOY`s benchmark for some time now, most recently with our look at Nvidia`s Quadro RTX 4000. OctaneBench`s results will become [...]
