History of "Multimedia" (Was:iMac AddOn (was:Future Collect

From: Kim <kshuppe_at_threedee.com>
Date: Tue Nov 10 12:22:31 1998

At 10:16 AM 11/10/98 -0800, Fred Cisin (XenoSoft) wrote:
>
>Now all of the hype is "3D". I have used some 3D illusion systems, such
>as StereoGraphics. But all of the "3D" stuff that is being hyped is on
>purely two dimensional video monitors. What's going on?
>
>Can anyone explain to me in what way a processor is "3D"??

Grain of salt taken, some new processors include extra instructions
(like Intel's MMX) that can be used to optimize some 3D calculations,
particularly those involving transforms, matrix multiplies, etc.
as well as mapping of a 2D bitmap texture onto what appears to
be a 3D cube on a 2D monitor.

- John
Received on Tue Nov 10 1998 - 12:22:31 GMT