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  2. Video game graphics - Wikipedia

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    With the advent of 3D accelerated graphics, video games could expand beyond the typically sprite-based 2D graphics of older graphics technologies to describe a view frequently more true to reality and lifelike than their predecessors.

  3. History of video games - Wikipedia

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    The first massively multiplayer online role-playing games adapted the new 3D graphics approach to create virtual worlds on screen, starting with Meridian 59 in 1996 and popularized by the success of Ultima Online in 1997 and EverQuest and Asheron's Call in 1999. Online connective play also became important in genres like FPS and RTS, allowing ...

  4. List of game engines - Wikipedia

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    Game engines are tools available to implement video games without building everything from the ground up. Whether they are 2D or 3D based, they offer tools to aid in asset creation and placement.

  5. Voxel - Wikipedia

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    While scientific volume visualization does not require modifying the actual voxel data, voxel editors can be used to create art (especially 3D pixel art) and models for voxel based games. Some editors are focused on a single approach to voxel editing while others mix various approaches.

  6. Video games as an art form - Wikipedia

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    The concept of video games as a form of art is a commonly debated topic within the entertainment industry.Though video games have been afforded legal protection as creative works by the Supreme Court of the United States, the philosophical proposition that video games are works of art remains in question, even when considering the contribution of expressive elements such as acting, visuals ...

  7. The Sims Social's Simify will morph you into a Sim, won't ...

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    It's really that simple, but you can either upload a picture of yourself or take one right on the spot with a webcam. (You can also create your own Sim from scratch, but what's the fun in...

  8. Unreal Engine - Wikipedia

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    The engine is used in a number of high-profile game titles with high graphics capabilities, including Hogwarts Legacy, PUBG: Battlegrounds, Final Fantasy VII Remake, Valorant and Yoshi's Crafted World, in addition to games developed by Epic, including Gears of War and Fortnite.

  9. GIMP - Wikipedia

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    GIMP. GNU Image Manipulation Program, commonly known by its acronym GIMP ( / ɡɪmp / GHIMP ), is a free and open-source raster graphics editor [4] used for image manipulation (retouching) and image editing, free-form drawing, transcoding between different image file formats, and more specialized tasks.

  10. Avatar (computing) - Wikipedia

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    An avatar can refer to a two-dimensional picture akin to an icon in Internet forums and other online communities. This is also known as a profile picture or userpic, or in early Internet parlance, a 'picon' (personal icon).

  11. Graphics pipeline - Wikipedia

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    The computer graphics pipeline, also known as the rendering pipeline or graphics pipeline, is a framework within computer graphics that outlines the necessary procedures for transforming a three-dimensional (3D) scene into a two-dimensional (2D) representation on a screen.