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January 2009 Archive

ScienceSim -- what could you do with a 3D internet?

posted by John A. Hengeveld on January 29, 2009

Today, we are launching a new world for immersive science.. and perhaps part of the path to a 3D internet.

First, by way of explanation. I’ve been doing fun and wild things with computers since 1977 when I was a freshman at MIT. From the first “a hollow voice says “PLUGH” to maze games, first person shooters, duke nukem, online bridge, poker, chat, et al. So about 18 months ago, prompted by a news piece I saw at Intel, I started to explore virtual worlds and how they will build into the 3D internet.. and how might Intel help make that happen.

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Real-time ray tracing applied to Quake Wars

posted by Daniel Pohl on January 23, 2009

Last year at the Research at Intel day we demoed a ray traced version of “Enemy Territory: Quake Wars” for the first time. Two month later at the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco we showed an enhanced and faster running version of it.

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Talk from the Tech Industry: Letter from Intel to the Incoming Obama CTO

posted by Justin Rattner on January 19, 2009

Thank you to the thousands of men and women who participated in Intel’s survey last week at CES. As I blogged about earlier, the survey looked to stimulate broad support for Intel policies, asking you what the top priorities should be for the incoming Obama administration’s chief technology officer (CTO) in four areas where technology plays a key role: education, environment, health and Internet broadband.

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Get Out the Tech Vote at CES

posted by Justin Rattner on January 06, 2009

From Jan. 6-13, Intel will be hosting a short survey at CES, asking industry experts, thought leaders, and consumers - in other words YOU - to respond to few survey questions soliciting your thoughts on the top technology initiatives for President-elect Obama’s new administration and its first-ever Chief Technology Officer (CTO).

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