NVIDIA shows off Kal-El capabilities

Posted on Monday, May 30 2011 @ 20:36 CEST by Thomas De Maesschalck
NVIDIA shows off Glowball, a technology demo that reveals the real-time dynamic lighting capabilities of the company's upcoming Kal-El mobile processor. The game will hit the Android Market when Kal-El is released. Full details over here.
Kal-El combines a battery-friendly, powerhouse of a quad-core processor with a 12-core NVIDIA GPU that supports 3D stereo.

Given that dual-core processors are already on market, you might be wondering how Project Kal-El’s quad-core technology will improve the mobile experience. Rather than try to explain it, we’ve put together a hands-on demo to give you a sneak peek at the new capabilities coming to superphones and tablets later this year.

The video, below, features a demo we created called “Glowball,” which draws its namesake from the feature character: a brilliant lit, bouncing ball.

The ball serves as the light source. As it rolls, it casts its effect on different objects. This shows off the power of true dynamic lighting, rendered in real-time with physics (no canned animations here, folks). Thanks to Project Kal-El, Glowball’s true dynamic lighting brings more life and interactivity to a 3D environment. This marks the first time this type of lighting is feasible on a mobile device.


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