Fresh Technology from id Software - id Tech 5 ™

Speech by Steve Jobs at the World Developers Conference 2007 ( WWDC-2007 ) in San Francisco 06/11/2007 caused a sensation. In the half hour that the presentation lasted, the head of APPLE managed to drop several powerful bombs. The new version of MacOS X 10.5, nicknamed LEOPARD , Safari 3 'apple' browser for Windows, the simultaneous release of fresh blockbusters from EA on PC and Macs, the iPhone sales start date ... and the latest technology from id Software, modestly called id Tech 5 ™.

id Tech 5, which supports Windows, MacOS X, Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3, is announced as the first true technology for new generation platforms. It is based on the MegaTexture concept, rolled around by John Carmack during the creation of Enemy Territory: Quake Wars. The new engine allows you to completely eliminate the restrictions imposed by the amount of available video memory on artists and level designers - now they can compact as many textures into the game as they want.

Jobs showed off a track from a racing arcade launched on a Macintosh running MacOS X. At the same time, the level consisted entirely of unique textures totaling 20 GB. With the help of special tools, artists are free to change the world at the level of individual pixels, and their actions will not hit productivity. In addition to the easy-to-use editor, id promises equally fast work with highly detailed open and closed spaces.

A new top-secret project from Doom authors (is it really a racing arcade?), Of course, will use id Tech 5. In addition, the studio is already accepting applications for the purchase of licenses. Further details about the promising engine will be announced during the E3 Media & Business Summit, which will be held in California from July 11 to 13.

In a word - “the ice has broken, gentlemen of the jury” ... Will there still be? The most interesting is yet to come!

Useful links:
1) www.ag.ru/news/12-06-2007#17110
2) www.idsoftware.com
3) www.idsoftware.com/business/technology