Sony Endorsing Open Graphics Format For PS3

Posted by simoniker on Friday July 30, 2004 @07:58AM from the super-collada dept.

News for nerds writes "At the tech talk as part of the forthcoming SIGGRAPH 2004 conference on August 11th, an open graphics file format for the interactive 3D [videogame] industry called COLLADA will be unveiled by Sony Computer Entertainment. COLLADA is supported by major 3D toolchain companies including Alias, Criterion, Discreet, Emdigo, Novodex, Softimage and Vicarious Visions. If you combine this with the recent news that Sony has joined Khronos Group to support OpenGL/ES, OpenMAX, OpenVG and OpenML, it seems evident that Sony is quietly fighting back against the loudly trumpeted Microsoft XNA (/. coverage) with its plan of an open game development platform."

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Japanese a plus by known+hero · 2004-07-30 08:38 · Score: 1, Troll

What's with the "Japanese a plus", for the qualifications? I hope that they are talking about the language and not the ethnicity, because I know if you put Caucasian a plus you would have a shit storm from the equal rights groups.
Forget graphics, what about sound? by Ghostgate · 2004-07-30 08:39 · Score: 1, Troll

I mean, will it support Ogg Vorbis???