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Re: Apollo Maggie 3D Chip - Preview of interactive Demo
« 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?
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Re: Apollo Maggie 3D Chip - Preview of interactive Demo
« Reply #1 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.
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