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5 iconic software legends turning 30 in 2026

From Java and ActiveX to Flash, Houdini, and Direct3D, these 1996 releases shaped how we build apps, sites, and games today.

id Software's second FPS only brought in $5,000, and the studio might not have made Wolfenstein and Doom if the game hadn't made a dev fall out of his chair: 'That was just one ...

The video featured Romero's own recollections, as well as those of id vets Tom Hall, John Carmack, and Adrian Carmack⁠—no relation on those last two, by the way. I only found that out embarrassingly ...
PCMag

Google's Project Genie Tool Lets You Build Virtual Worlds for Training or Just Fun

Powered by Google's Genie 3 model, the world-building AI tool is designed to help train AI agents in 3D scenarios, but it ...
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infinitumio/CMD-3D-ASCII-Renderer

Transform your command prompt into an interactive 3D graphics engine! This project demonstrates how to create real-time 3D rendering using nothing but ASCII characters, Python's standard library, and ...
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Playable AI World Models: Google Rolls Out Project Genie to AI Ultra Subscribers

Google has made Project Genie available to AI Ultra subscribers in the US, enabling AI-generated playable 3D worlds with ...