Microsoft acquires Simplygon
First Havoc and now Simplygon. [url]https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2017/01/17/microsoft-acquires-simplygon-accelerate-innovation-enabling-3d-everyone/#sm.0000wz68tg13z7fmjtqc1acqtp1at[/url] Posted January 17, 2017 By Kudo Tsunoda - Corporate Vice President, Next Gen Experiences, Windows and Devices Group I am pleased to announce that Microsoft has acquired Simplygon, a premier developer of automatic 3D data-optimization solutions. This acquisition accelerates our 3D For Everyone vision and strategy, which we introduced with the Windows 10 Creators Update at our event this past October in New York. Simplygon logoSimplygon’s technology and talent will strengthen our position in 3D creation, making it easier to capture, create and share in 3D. It builds on and extends our aspirations to empower a new wave of creativity with the Windows 10 Creators Update, Paint 3D and our online creator community at Remix3D.com. https://www.simplygon.com/news/microsoft-acquires-simplygon What? You've never heard of Simplygon? It's been used in quite a few games and can be the best friend of great performance. It basically automates the LOD (Level of Detail) process, that previously required developers to manually make the assets for lower resolution objects based on their distance to the player in the game world. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplygon https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mN7nW3q2rKQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9B8Aj4P-z0 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4HXxl4cdSb0
First Havoc and now Simplygon.

https://blogs.microsoft.com/blog/2017/01/17/microsoft-acquires-simplygon-accelerate-innovation-enabling-3d-everyone/#sm.0000wz68tg13z7fmjtqc1acqtp1at


Posted January 17, 2017 By Kudo Tsunoda - Corporate Vice President, Next Gen Experiences, Windows and Devices Group

I am pleased to announce that Microsoft has acquired Simplygon, a premier developer of automatic 3D data-optimization solutions. This acquisition accelerates our 3D For Everyone vision and strategy, which we introduced with the Windows 10 Creators Update at our event this past October in New York.

Simplygon logoSimplygon’s technology and talent will strengthen our position in 3D creation, making it easier to capture, create and share in 3D. It builds on and extends our aspirations to empower a new wave of creativity with the Windows 10 Creators Update, Paint 3D and our online creator community at Remix3D.com.

https://www.simplygon.com/news/microsoft-acquires-simplygon

What? You've never heard of Simplygon? It's been used in quite a few games and can be the best friend of great performance.

It basically automates the LOD (Level of Detail) process, that previously required developers to manually make the assets for lower resolution objects based on their distance to the player in the game world.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simplygon





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