3D GUIs for the Mass Market

High quality 3D experiences are not new to embedded user interfaces, but this technology has been limited to industry’s most expensive products. Embedded hardware with high-powered processors and GPUs are costly. Only the luxury products on the market could bear the weight of those processors in their bill of material. This reality is rapidly changing. Now that many silicon manufacturers have perfected the 3D capabilities for their top-end products, they are striving to extend some of those capabilities to the mid- and low-end processors in their lineup. With the right tools, processes and partners in place, companies developing embedded devices for the mass market can leverage these new processors to provide the same high-end 3D experience for their own products. Still, with limited hardware resources, questions remain. How much 3D is appropriate? How do you manage textures and triangles for the best balances of appearance and performance? How do you confirm that 3D content is pixel perfect on hardware? In this presentation, Altia will present recommendations for developing and deploying 3D in production embedded GUIs, including tools, processes and partners to deliver first class 3D to the mass market.