We have lanched beta-version of Unigine Developer Community portal that enables interaction among developers. Our customers can also find the latest version Unigine resources to download and ask technical question to our support team.
Released updated versions of Unigine benchmarks with support of OpenGL 4.0 (including hardware tessellation) and stereo 3D technology (including 3D Vision): Heaven 2.1, Tropics 1.3 and Sanctuary 2.3.
2010-05-04
5 years since the first commercial release of Unigine
The first commercial version of Unigine engine was released five years ago, on May 4, 2005.
With the release number 0.3, it had codebase size of approximately 10% relative to the current one.
At that time, there used to be 5 people on board.
Tropics Benchmark is a GPU benchmark based on advanced Unigine engine from Unigine Corp. Original version was released in 2008.
The benchmark depicts tropical paradise: waves of the infinite ocean leisurely rolls over the sun-splashed shores of lagoon islands. The sunset paints straw huts with warm colors while the mild breeze genly stirs the coconut palm leaves.
Hovering high in the tranquil sky the gulls are watching crabs crawling on the velvety sand among the abandoned boats.
Features
Support of DirectX 9, DirectX 10, DirectX 10.1 and OpenGL
Dynamic sky with light scattering
Live water with a surf zone and caustics
Special materials for vegetation
HDR rendering
Parallel split shadow map
Depth of field
Real-time ambient occlusion
Up to 2M polygones per frame
Simulation of changing light conditions
Interactive experience with fly-through mode
Stereo 3D modes:
Anaglyph
Separate images
3D Vision
iZ3D
Changes in version 1.3
Added stereo 3D support in several modes:
Anaglyph
Separate images
3D Vision
iZ3D
Several performance optimizations
System Requirements
Graphics card: ATI Radeon HD 2xxx and higher or NVIDIA GeForce 7xxx and higher.
Operating system: MS Windows (XP / Vista / 7) or Linux
Installed OpenAL library (included into Windows installer), .NET framework 2.0 (Windows version only, optional), latest stable video drivers.
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This product is distributed completely free of charge.