Unigine Engine Has Big Changes Coming

[phoronix]

Phoronix: Unigine Engine Has Big Changes Coming

The Russian developers responsible for the Unigine Engine have begun to share details on the next iteration of their visually impressive, Linux-friendly game and visualization engine...

http://www.phoronix.com/vr.php?view=MTcxMDg

[Calinou]

Better anti-aliasing (AA) support.

What's the point in abbreviating it if you use the full term in this case?

[Qwerry]

What's the point in abbreviating it if you use the full term in this case?

To avoid confusion obviously. Anti-aliasing is commonly referred to as just "AA" in games.

[clementl]

Too bad Unigine's OpenGL 4 renderer has always been less performant than the D3D 11 one.

[emblemparade]

Saying "we support DX11" or "we support OpenGL 4" isn't saying much. It's not as if upgrading your API usage automatically gains the potential benefits offered by these APIs: every single feature has to be optimized to make use of them. There are things you can do with OpenGL 4.4 plus NVIDIA extensions that give an incredible performance gain (non-blocking streaming).

As always the bottom line is seen in comparative benchmarking, not statements by developers about API verions. This is why Phronoix is so important! Happy 10 year anniversary.

[_SXX_]

Too bad Unigine's OpenGL 4 renderer has always been less performant than the D3D 11 one.

Let me guess, you're AMD GPU user?

[birdie]

Unigine is not worth mentioning any longer: they have long stopped being a game engine ...

They are all about geoapplications and simulation nowadays.

[schmidtbag]

What's the point in abbreviating it if you use the full term in this case?

Was it really so much of a problem to you that you had to point it out? Its not like it was bad grammar.

[Hamish Wilson]

Unigine is not worth mentioning any longer: they have long stopped being a game engine ...

They are all about geoapplications and simulation nowadays.

And that alone is not interesting enough for a website involved in graphics testing?

[yogi_berra]

What's the point in abbreviating it if you use the full term in this case?

Quality writing 101: always introduce your acronym.