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DirectX 12 is the latest iteration of Microsoft’s proprietary computer graphics API used for Windows and Xbox platforms. DirectX 12, like new graphics APIs such as Vulkan, Apple Metal, or WebGPU, is focused on making a less complex driver and an API that’s closer to the architecture of modern GPUs…

Overwatch is a game that focuses on teamwork. As a team you need to work together to wrestle control of a portion of the map from the enemy team by directing aggression and protect teammates as in the Tank role, hitting weak points in the enemy’s defenses in the Damage…

Mortal Kombat 11 is one of the most impressive looking games to come out in 2019, with amazing facial animations, shadows, lighting, and postprocessing effects. That’s besides the fact that the game is really fun, with complex fight sequences and a thrilling storyline. Because of Mortal Kombat 11’s impressive…

Hidden Direct2D debugging traces Direct2D embarks nice traces that unfortunately seem to be disabled, for some reason, even with the D2D1debug layer enabled. These traces are very useful as they give you useful hints on things you don’t do very well, or they add information to the standard HRESULTs that…

Low level Graphics APIs such as Vulkan, Metal, and DirectX, are converging to a model similar to the way GPUs are currently built. …

http://bit.ly/vulkanishard I don’t know why on the internet there seems to be a consensus that Vulkan is really low-level and difficult to learn and use. That there are all these things you need to do that the API you used for graphics programming before used to “hide behind the scenes”…

Who can forget the Days of Retro gaming? Reminiscing, I spent countless hours on such games and in retrospect, I would get get a slap on my wrist for having the D-Pad engraved on my thumb. 😆 Looking at the present day scenario, have over 11 years of experience in…

What is DirectX? DirectX is not a programming language. DirectX is a kind of library created by Microsoft for 3D programming. Windows OS provides the WIN32 API (Application Programming Interface), which is too extensive and does not really help to improve 3D development performance by managing too many resources. …