[DEVS] Cobra to Metal

[Majere]

This one is mostly for the devs.

I watched the WWDC last night from a couple of days ago where Apple, amongst other things, announced a new 3D engine called 'Metal' for iOS.

Massive performance improvements over OpenGL which means you can do more with the same chips.
As I understand it you get closer to the hardware calls.

So, seeing as Frontier are innovators and famous for pushing technology to the limit, in the future do you thing we could see Elite : Dangerous on an iPad?

That, would provide access to huge numbers of extra players if it could be pulled off.

 

[Cmdr Eagleboy]

Same as AMD Mantle. This is one way to say "screw it, we can't get good enough driver writers, we will just drop you on hardware access". Not amused at all.

 

[Majere]

Must admit not looked into full detail as to if they are dropping OpenGL support or just having this as an alternative.

Frontier, of all companies, however sprang to mind as one that would relish the opportunity to get closer to the HW.

 

[Cmdr Eagleboy]

Must admit not looked into full detail as to if they are dropping OpenGL support or just having this as an alternative.

Frontier, of all companies, however sprang to mind as one that would relish the opportunity to get closer to the HW.

With their own engine team - sure. They could benefit from this a lot. Not sure iPad is up to task yet though.

 

[Majere]

Don't think it is that far away. With this API they are aiming at high-end 3D console.

The dev stuff is really worth a look. The 'Metal' section is at 97:13 and includes a demo from Epic Games