A quote by Tom Hale caught my eye and I have not gotten it out of my head, to paraphrase he said that Linden Lab was preparing for the next wave of technology. I have reported on mental images & Reality Server before but it is time to revisit it, because this just may be the next wave of innovation Tom spoke of.
About mental images: mental images, founded in 1986, is the recognized international leader in providing component and platform software for the creation, manipulation and visualization of 3D content. Its world leading rendering and other technologies are used by the entertainment, computer-aided design, architecture, scientific visualization, and other industries that require sophisticated images primarily as part of their software products and application services. mental images is a wholly-owned subsidiary of NVIDIA Corporation with headquarters in Berlin, Germany, a subsidiary in the United States, mental images, Inc., and a subsidiary in Melbourne, Australia, mental images Pty. mental images has a multinational staff of top qualified engineers exclusively dedicated to basic research and development in the area of 3D graphics and 3D Web Applications and Services technologies. For more information, visit www.mentalimages.com.
via: dcccafe.com
Couple this with Nvidia's Next Gen NVIDIA Fermi (GT300) Chip and you get Ray Tracing
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