September 2019 – The most commonly referred to challenges on the new 17” high performance laptops is their size and weight. This is a tradeoff problem with no apparent solution. A 17” screen is BIG and it necessarily is bigger than a 13”-14” screen. Also the larger screen needs high performance and bright colors –…
September 2019 – On location and green screen production are quickly replacing large studios with build out sets and stages as the norm for content creation. This has driven the size of HD and 4K cinema and studio cameras down from the traditional shoulder carry and large floor stand models. These smaller high performance cameras…
June 2019 – The upcoming E3 gaming expo is undergoing a major transition. As eSports takes on a life of its own and some of the major developers and platforms are seeking focused attention with their own events in the rapidly growing marketplace. The companies providing peripherals to enhance the game play are now choosing…
Advanced Broadcast Technologies presents some new products at the E3 2018 show in LA. This episode features an extensive interview with Alienware Founder Frank Azor talking to M&E Tech’s guest host Paul Philieo. They discuss the current state of gaming hardware as well as the state and directions in eSports. The episode also shows gaming…
At E3 2018, Display Link was showing their wireless VR system and peripheral interface for gaming. The system supports high frame rate, high resolution graphics with peripheral lag that is on a par with wired interfaces. The demo shows the interface being used on a first person shooter game. The technology in demonstration with a…
Not surprising, an International flavor permeated this year’s computer Game Developers’ Conference (held at the Moscone Convention Center March 18 and 19, here in San Francisco). Delegations from Europe and parts of Asia included dozens of new game titles, and literarily hundreds of people. First-person shooting games remain popular, as were puzzles — fail to…
August 2017 – The release of the new Vega GPUs from AMD has been followed by an update in the support software for both professional developers and end point users. The two products are the Radeon Crimson ReLive Software Edition 17.7.2 and the Radeon Pro Crimson ReLive Software 17.8. The lead feature on the Pro…
August 2017 – AMD released the entry level unit on their new Ryzen processor family – the Ryzen 3. The Ryzen family of processors is a new architectural design that is built around the AMD SenseMI technology which manages power, performance boost, extended operating frequency range, Neural Net Prediction on power performance optimization and a…
June 2016 – At E3 2016 Kingston released their long awaited professional gaming headset for the Xbox One platform. Following the success of the HyperX Cloud II headphones for the PC, the new HyperX CloudX Headphones bring that performance and comfort to the Xbox One. The HyperX Cloud II is one of the mainstays of…
July 2016 - This year’s JPR luncheon panel discussion took a look at the growing use of game engines in moviemaking but first, Jon took time out to give the Jon Peddie Technology Advancement Award to surprise guest Tim Sweeney. According to Peddie, all of the currently-available game engines were initially custom developed for specific games…