Category: PowerVR Developers

Released in the UK on the 22nd of August, the latest Android OS (7.0 Nougat) brings with it support for the Vulkan™ API and also a selection of new features and updates, as well as the ability to run two apps on the same screen at once. We’ve talked about Vulkan a lot (as have others), but for those of you just

In this blog post I will give a quick overview of the API created by our PowerVR Ray Tracing team. This API gives developers access to the PowerVR Ray Tracing hardware known as the Wizard architecture. I will briefly go over the physical changes at the hardware level and what has changed compared to a traditional GPU. Then I will

We’ve mentioned in a recent blog post how maintaining presence is key in virtual reality systems. Rendering applications at high framerates (60, 90 or 120 Hz depending on the Head Mounted Display’s maximum refresh rate) with low motion-to-photon latency is an important part of achieving it. In this article, I’ll explain how the OVR_multiview extension can be used to reduce

In this blog series we’re going to explain how to create cross-platform, cross-API graphics applications using the PowerVR Framework – all from one set of source code files! The series will be split into the following parts: PowerVR Framework: Getting started with the PVRApi Vulkan and OpenGL ES abstraction PowerVR Framework: Writing portable Vulkan and OpenGL ES 3.0/3.1 apps with

In my previous post, we explained how to use the advanced features of PVRTune to find the specific causes of performance bottlenecks in the Fantasy Warrior 3D game built using the Cocos2d-x game engine. In this post we will demonstrate how developers can use PVRTrace to locate GPU-related issues in this Cocos2d-x based game. We will also show the improvements

Michael Kissner is an indie game developer. With a past in mathematical physics, he has always been interested in the physical aspects of light. His passion lies with computer graphics and the hope to one day fully simulate all aspects of light in real-time. Computer games have been a natural by-product and for his current game Spellwrath he has created

Following over a year of intense work by leading hardware, game engine, and platform vendors brought together by the Khronos™ Group, v1.0 of the Vulkan™ graphics and compute API is now available. This new API has been designed for portability across multiple platforms, including desktop and mobile GPU architectures. With an unprecedented number of related materials being open source (including

At GDC 2016, PowerVR continues to set the bar for high-end graphics in mobile thanks to the efficiency of the Rogue architecture. Here’s a preview of what we’re demonstrating, in pictures. Real-time ray tracing on mobile and console The first demonstration at the event comes from the PowerVR Ray Tracing team. For those who are not yet familiar with our

The focus of this posting is to show Unity artists how easy it can be to add true reflections and shadows to their content using our hybrid rendering techniques. The PowerVR OverDrive game runs live, rendering with a PowerVR ray tracing GPU installed in a Linux-powered computer. Using an Xbox 360 controller, you drive around in a monster truck, smash

Physically based rendering (PBR) is becoming more prevalent on mobile class GPUs. In this blog post I will give a quick overview of what PBR is, what the advantages and disadvantages of using it are, and some tips on how to use PBR and deferred rendering when running on a PowerVR GPU. I’ll also show you how we used PBR