Tech Archives - PixelMaker https://pixelmaker.co.uk/category/tech/ Pushing Pixels for Fun Thu, 20 Jan 2022 13:52:31 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 https://pixelmaker.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/cropped-pixelmakerlogo-retina-32x32.png Tech Archives - PixelMaker https://pixelmaker.co.uk/category/tech/ 32 32 Big Shake-ups in the games industry. Xbox buys Activision. Sony share price drops. https://pixelmaker.co.uk/big-shake-ups-in-the-games-industry-xbox-buys-activision-sony-share-price-drops/ https://pixelmaker.co.uk/big-shake-ups-in-the-games-industry-xbox-buys-activision-sony-share-price-drops/#comments Thu, 20 Jan 2022 12:49:08 +0000 http://pixelmaker.co.uk/?p=590 It’s not every day that a games publisher like Activision Blizzard gets bought by a company for 70 Billion in cash, but that is what happened this week. And in case you didn’t know, Activision owns franchises such as Call of Duty (CoD), Overwatch, World of Warcraft, Diablo, Tony Hawk, Spyro the Dragon, GoldenEye 007, […]

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]]> https://pixelmaker.co.uk/big-shake-ups-in-the-games-industry-xbox-buys-activision-sony-share-price-drops/feed/ 2 nvidia announces RTX 3090, 3080, 3070 Making 60FPS @ 8K possible https://pixelmaker.co.uk/nvidia-announces-rtx-3090-3080-3070-making-60fps-8k-possible/ https://pixelmaker.co.uk/nvidia-announces-rtx-3090-3080-3070-making-60fps-8k-possible/#respond Wed, 02 Sep 2020 23:56:40 +0000 http://pixelmaker.co.uk/?p=571 If you want to geek out a little or a lot, then check out Nvidia’s next-gen graphics cards. They boast an implausible amount of computing power, with specs that kinda boggle the mind. But if you are interested in where games are heading over the next few years, then check this out. They feature ways […]

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]]> https://pixelmaker.co.uk/nvidia-announces-rtx-3090-3080-3070-making-60fps-8k-possible/feed/ 0 Real Time Raytracing is Spectacular in This Star Wars Demo from Unreal and ILM XLAB https://pixelmaker.co.uk/real-time-raytracing-star-wars-unreal-ilm-xlab/ https://pixelmaker.co.uk/real-time-raytracing-star-wars-unreal-ilm-xlab/#respond Sun, 01 Apr 2018 10:12:48 +0000 http://pixelmaker.co.uk/?p=270   Why is this a big deal?! Well, raytracing is the rendering technique that is used in most offline renderers, so 3D animated films of TV shows such as Toy Story, How to Train your Dragon, UP, Despicable Me and many more. All of those animated films use 3D graphics that are animated and then rendered. […]

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]]> https://pixelmaker.co.uk/real-time-raytracing-star-wars-unreal-ilm-xlab/feed/ 0 Sony PSVR Playstation VR – Virtual Reality Expert Explains How PlayStation VR Works https://pixelmaker.co.uk/sony-playstation-vr-virtual-reality-expert-explains-playstation-vr-works/ https://pixelmaker.co.uk/sony-playstation-vr-virtual-reality-expert-explains-playstation-vr-works/#respond Mon, 04 Dec 2017 01:39:41 +0000 http://pixelmaker.co.uk/?p=173 It has taken me a while, but I finally bought a PlayStation VR or a PSVR as it is also known. This isn’t exactly a review, but it is a brief article about my experience with the device that I have own for a little over a week. First off, something like VR can be a […]

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