Sir Issac Newton: Game Developer?
Gaming enthusiasts who have followed the continual advancements in technology no doubt remember the tremendous impact dedicated graphics processors had on PC gaming back when they debuted in the era of 3DFX and Matrox. Separating the heavy graphical lifting from the main computer processor to a separate graphics card allowed developers the push the limits of their products to create more and more realistic and therefore compelling entertainment software.
A similar revolution may be gaining in the PC gaming industry, this time promising to create far more realistic and breathtaking physics that will allow cloth to tear, water to splash, and wooden crates (every gamer’s arch nemesis) to shred under a hail of bullets.
You guessed it: a company called Ageia has created a stand-alone physics processing card called “PhysX” that handles the hardcore mathematical processing needed to create realistic physics in-game. Their premiere title for the card is called CellFactor, and it features are incredible array of objects that the player can manipulate with psychic faculties.
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