Computer graphics - where is it going

[nomorecatering]

I've been watching the development of computer graphics for years. Up until about 2 years ago there seemed to be never ending advances being shown, but lately it has all gone quiet.

There was talk that the polygon was dead and a new type of graphics was going to be a breakthrough, I think it was something like unlimited point something or other.

So what's happening on the development front. Is it still computing power that is the limitation and what are we likely to see in the future.

[mixture]

So what's happening on the development front. Is it still computing power that is the limitation and what are we likely to see in the future.

What are you expecting to happen ? What is not good enough about the current situation for you ?

And no, its not the computing power. Current high end graphics cards use their own GPU anyway.

I don't follow graphics cards much, but my guess is they're currently in a period of refinements and minor developments. Which is no bad thing.

The IT industry is also very competitive, so much stuff is also under strict NDA... I might have seen a few things in my inbox about potential upcoming product announcements from one or two big names, but if such emails happened to ever have existed, I couldn't tell you more anyway. I'm neither confirming or denying the existence of such emails.

[green granite]

I suspect they are currently refining 3D processes.