Umbra cloud-based game rendering tools.
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Umbra unveils cloud-based game development tools

  • Posted byby Dean Takahashi
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Umbra has unveiled an overhaul for its rendering middleware for high-end video game development.

The cloud-based features a couple of new upgrades, including the Umbra Cloud. This feature performs geometry processing in the cloud instead of on a local machine, giving developers access to near-unlimited computation and storage capabilities. The Umbra code can use the cloud-generated data as if it were created locally. This makes it possible for smaller teams to take advantage of Umbra’s rendering tech.

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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.