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Nvidia can reduce VR graphics processing requirements by up to 3 times

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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It takes a lot of computing power to properly render a virtual reality scene. But researchers at graphics chip maker Nvidia say they have been able to reduce the amount of processing by two or three times. And that could make VR less expensive to produce and enable it to take off in consumer markets more easily.

The Nvidia research team will unveil the technique at the upcoming Siggraph graphics technology event in Anaheim, Calif., next week. In an interview with GamesBeat, Nvidia vice president of research David Luebke described how a team of five researchers were able to create more efficient processing over the past nine months.

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Dean Takahashi

Dean Takahashi is editorial director for GamesBeat. He has been a tech journalist since 1988, and he has covered games as a beat since 1996. He was lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat from 2008 to April 2025. Prior to that, he wrote for the San Jose Mercury News, the Red Herring, the Wall Street Journal, the Los Angeles Times, and the Dallas Times-Herald. He is the author of two books, "Opening the Xbox" and "The Xbox 360 Uncloaked." He organizes the annual GamesBeat Next, GamesBeat Summit and GamesBeat Insider Series: Hollywood and Games conferences and is a frequent speaker at gaming and tech events. He lives in the San Francisco Bay Area.