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Announcing Open 3D Engine (O3DE)

CTOvision

This is big news not just for the gaming industry, but for any industry that can benefit from 3D modeling, 3D simulation, 3D planning/design. For more see: For more see : Amazon Web Services aka AWS. Amazon has shifted its Lumberyard game engine to open source.

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Amazon Web Services gets set to ignite space accelerator program’s third stage

GeekWire

Startups in this year’s AWS Space Accelerator program include, from left, Lunasonde, which is developing a space-based radar sounding system; Raven Space Systems, which is building 3D-printed re-entry capsules; and Rogue Space Systems, which focuses of space robotic systems.

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Amazon Web Services AWS July 2018 Updates

Storage IO Blog

Amazon Web Services AWS July 2018 Updates Amazon Web Services AWS July 2018 Updates Amazon Web Services AWS July 2018 Updates continue to expand feature, functionality, service capabilities of the public cloud providers capabilities across various geographies.

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How Nvidia became a trillion-dollar company

CIO Business Intelligence

Its founders spotted that generating 3D graphics in video games—then a fast-growing market—placed highly repetitive, math-intensive demands on PC central processing units (CPUs). Although Nvidia’s first chips were used to enhance 3D gaming, the manufacturing industry is also interested in 3D simulations, and its pockets are deeper.

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Amazon’s Halo disappears: Tech giant discontinues health devices and service, promises refunds

GeekWire

The company today also started notifying employees impacted by its latest round of job cuts in Amazon Web Services, HR, Twitch and Amazon Advertising. The surprise announcement Wednesday afternoon is part of a broader wave of cutbacks at the company that started late last year. The subscription was $3.99/month,

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What is the metaverse, and do I have to care?

The Verge

It’s partly a dream for the future of the internet and partly a neat way to encapsulate some current trends in online infrastructure, including the growth of real-time 3D worlds. Neal Stephenson famously coined the term “metaverse” in his 1992 novel Snow Crash , where it referred to a 3D virtual world inhabited by avatars of real people.

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Sport analytics leverage AI and ML to improve the game

CIO Business Intelligence

Working with partner Amazon Web Services (AWS), the NFL has developed Digital Athlete, a platform that uses computer vision and ML to predict which players are at the highest risk of injury based on plays and their body positions. The ITF partnered with Microsoft in 2021 to power its match insights platform for the BJK Cup.

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