We talk to Epic Games and Nvidia about the future of photorealistic real-time graphics and simulated worlds. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

At the birth of the computer era, the IBM PC became the standard computer in large part due to its modular architecture with interchangeable components. Like the original IBM, every modern PC's ...

Researchers at UC Santa Barbara have invented a display technology for on-screen graphics that are both visible and haptic, ...

It’d be easy to get the impression that realtime 3D is really coming of age. For a long time, all computer graphics looked like – well – Tron, at best, and often not nearly as slick. Then pre-rendered ...

The chipmaker and the movie maker plan to show off the fruits of their 3D collaboration on Super Bowl Sunday. Brooke Crothers writes about mobile computer systems, including laptops, tablets, ...

But what is a GPU? What are they good for? Join us for a layman's overview. A graphics processing unit (aka a GPU, graphics ...

In 3D graphics rendering, the stages required to transform a three-dimensional image into a two-dimensional screen. The stages are responsible for processing information initially provided just as ...

The system combines a text-to-3D model and text-to-textures system, so not only can it AI-dream-up a 3D model of whatever you ask it to, but the final 3D model even has a detailed surface. Think of ...

The SEGA Genesis (aka Mega Drive) was launched at the tail end of the 1980s, bringing a new level of performance to the console world. At the time, 2D graphics ruled the roost, outside a few niche ...

Investopedia contributors come from a range of backgrounds, and over 25 years there have been thousands of expert writers and editors who have contributed. A Graphics Processing Unit (GPU) is a chip ...