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A Glimpse Into 3D future: DirectX Next Preview

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the virtual-sandwich dept.

Dave Baumann writes "Beyond3D has put up an article based on Microsoft's games developers presentations given at Meltdown, looking at the future directions of MS's next generation DirectX - currently titled "DirectX Next" (DX10). With Pixel Shaders 2.0 and 3.0 already a part of DirectX9 this article gives a feel of what to expect from PS/VS4.0 and other DirectX features hardware developers will be expected to deliver with the likes of R500 and NV50."

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  1. So it's not going to be called DirectX X??? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Insightful

    XBOX Next?
    DirectX Next?

    I guess we all know what the Next version of Windows is going to be called! :)

  2. Who cares? by Glock27 · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Beyond3D has put up an article based on Microsoft's games developers presentations given at Meltdown

    I could care less about this functionality being exposed through a proprietary API.

    My question is: when will it be available in OpenGL 2.x? :-)

    Cross platform is the best way to go with game development...and OpenGL is the only game in town for cross-platform 3D graphics. It is also the official 3D API for Macintosh.

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