From Java and ActiveX to Flash, Houdini, and Direct3D, these 1996 releases shaped how we build apps, sites, and games today.

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Maxon Computer, the German-based company whose motion-graphics and other 3D software is used across Hollywood, has announced Digital Twin, a software tool that creates photorealistic digital ...

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Here's what I recommend for the best Minecraft shaders. Each will make your game look so much better than before.

Following the open-zone action of Sonic Frontiers, the Blue Blur is returning to his roots in Sonic Superstars, a brand new 2D Sonic platformer coming later this year. Revealed at Summer Game Fest ...

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In modern gaming, lighting is king and there’s never been a more wondrous thing than ray tracing. Ray tracing is an old, but now widely, available technology that realistically renders light and ...

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