NovaBridge – Warp3D Backward Compatibility – AmiWest 2021 Talk

I’m pleased to be able to “let the cat out of the bag” about NovaBridge. It’s something I’ve been working on for a while to solve an annoying problem: backward compatibility for old Warp3D software on the Amiga computer.Click here to watch the video on Odysee.NovaBridge started after yet another discussion about how confusing the […]

Why Writing SIMT (GPU) Assembly is Hard

Years ago someone asked me if I would add the ability to write shader assembly to the graphics drivers I was writing. My reply was: you really don’t want to do that. I’ve been working on adding switch support to Warp3D Nova’s drivers, and decided to explain why writing GPU code is hard: Modern GPUs […]

Rise of the Emulators

AmigaOS 4.x Graphics Survey 2018 – Rise of the Emulators

The results are in for this year’s AmigaOS graphics card survey and they’re quite interesting. For starters, 467 people contributed this year vs 348 in 2017. That’s a 34% jump. Maybe the community is growing…What are people using as their main graphics card? There are two clear trends:People are slowly migrating toward newer cards. Use […]

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Spencer – A New Warp3D Nova Game

A brand new game that takes full advantage of Warp3D Nova has just been released by the AmiBoing/Entwickler-X team. Called Spencer, it’s a classic Jump’n run platform game with a bright and colourful cartoon 2.5D style.From a technical standpoint, its graphics are rendered in 3D with shaders providing advanced per-pixel 3D lighting. Having put a […]

MiniGL Secret Screenshot

The (MiniGL) Secret is Out

I recently discovered that Daniel Müßener has been secretly working away on a new project. Have a look here (link). If you’re an AmigaOS 4 fan, then yes, this is what you think it is; it’s a Warp3D Nova version of MiniGL.This is great news, especially for owners of old hardware. MiniGL’s biggest limitation has […]

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