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Title: Apollo Maggie 3D Chip - Preview of interactive Demo
Post by: WillemDrijver on March 27, 2022, 01:26:28 PM
This short video is a alpha v0.1 preview on the development of the new Apollo Maggie 3D chip added to the innovative ApolloSAGA chipset. With the Maggie chip Amiga finally enters the 3D era. This first alpha preview demonstrates the basic 3D modelling with true color texture mapping including light and shadow casting. This executable demo lets you walk interactively through a gloomy Dungeon....watch out for our new previews in the coming week, following the progress made by the Apollo 3D Team.

https://youtu.be/GIBK0O5QuMc
Title: Re: Apollo Maggie 3D Chip - Preview of interactive Demo
Post by: Karlos on March 28, 2022, 09:14:25 PM
This is definitely cool but to suggest this brings us into the (I presume hardware accelerated) 3D era isn't true. That happened when phase5 released the first CyberVision 3D in 1996.

What would be interesting to know is what approach has been used. Is it a fixed function rasterizer like 3D accelerators of yesteryear or does it adopt a more modern approach?
Title: Re: Apollo Maggie 3D Chip - Preview of interactive Demo
Post by: Pyromania on March 28, 2022, 11:25:18 PM
Very nice!
Title: Re: Apollo Maggie 3D Chip - Preview of interactive Demo
Post by: Matt_H on March 29, 2022, 12:12:23 AM
Certainly cool from a technical perspective, but I'm getting this sort of feeling about another new API/standard when we already have plenty of decent ones...

(https://imgs.xkcd.com/comics/standards.png)
Title: Re: Apollo Maggie 3D Chip - Preview of interactive Demo
Post by: Karlos on March 29, 2022, 02:58:06 PM
@Matt_H - that depends. If it's a fixed function pipeline / rasteriser then creating a Warp3D driver for it ought to be doable. Of course, if it has some secret sauce or implements more than basic rasterisation, e.g. T&L or shading then such a driver would obviously underutilise it.
Title: Re: Apollo Maggie 3D Chip - Preview of interactive Demo
Post by: nbache on March 29, 2022, 03:46:41 PM
@Matt_H:

It is generally considered decent to provide a link when (ab)using an XKCD strip to illustrate a point.

In this case: https://xkcd.com/927/

Best regards,

Niels
Title: Re: Apollo Maggie 3D Chip - Preview of interactive Demo
Post by: AmigaBruno on March 29, 2022, 04:14:23 PM
This is terrible! I think the name of this chip must be changed immediately.

 
Title: Re: Apollo Maggie 3D Chip - Preview of interactive Demo
Post by: nicholas on March 30, 2022, 05:42:26 PM
This is terrible! I think the name of this chip must be changed immediately.

Why?
Title: Re: Apollo Maggie 3D Chip - Preview of interactive Demo
Post by: QuikSanz on March 31, 2022, 01:28:54 AM
@nicholas,

Hmm, old girlfriend?

Chris
Title: Re: Apollo Maggie 3D Chip - Preview of interactive Demo
Post by: nbache on March 31, 2022, 09:29:00 AM
Or a reminder of the infamous Iron Lady?

(Or - perish the thought - both?)

Best regards,

Niels
Title: Re: Apollo Maggie 3D Chip - Preview of interactive Demo
Post by: nicholas on March 31, 2022, 12:43:16 PM
Or a reminder of the infamous Iron Lady?

That was my conclusion but I thought I'd ask why.