Archive for 2007

gpuViewer becomes useful, v0.0.1.6

Tuesday, December 4th, 2007

This new version adds a long postponed feature: right-click now opens up the shell’s menu which enables you to do things with your files… At last
It also has a newer version of DCRaw and should support new cameras like Nikon D3, Nikon D300 or Canon 40D. I don’t have access to these […]

gpuViewer Tech preview v0.0.1.5

Sunday, December 2nd, 2007

This release is really about fixing a problem with the installer that was carrying an out of date version of the D3DX runtime and missing the one actually needed.
See the post about v0.0.1.4 for the most recent changes applied.
Go to the dowload area and download your version now!
Keep the feedback coming. I’m particularly interested […]

Tech preview (0.0.1.4) just released

Thursday, November 29th, 2007

This addresses a few important issues:
- app stuck doing nothing at startup (failing to upload survey)
- recovery after ctrl-alt-del and other DirectX device lost situations
- Vista restarting the display when GPU use takes too long
- stats appearing as a black rectangle (when pressing TAB)
- many memory leaks
- some random bugs
A taste of the […]

gpuViewer tech-preview 2, update

Friday, October 19th, 2007

A new version is available that:
- fixes a crash bug when trying to parse some JPG files beyond their end (this is the cause of many startup crashes)
- fixes a second startup crash bug
- smoother wheel zoom
- wheel-zoom direction made to match the behaviour of apps like virtual earth
- […]

Third Party Applications on the iPhone

Thursday, October 18th, 2007

This is excellent news, Steve Jobs announcing an SDK for the IPhone. gpuViewer has been written with multi-touch screens in mind from the design stage, and this is a platform that I am really looking forwards to adding to the supported ones. Of course, the OSX version of gpuViewer is still lagging behind, as […]

High server load

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

The inquirer has just posted a very nice article about gpuViewer and, as a result, our server is being hit my many visitors. Hopefully, we have enough bandwidth available, but in case anyone experiences difficulties downloading our tech preview, well, I hope you’ll have the patience to retry at a later time.
Please, don’t hesitate […]

gpuViewer on YouTube

Monday, September 24th, 2007

Just found this nice little video of gpuViewer being demonstrated at IDF:

Get your version from the download section

gpuViewer demoed on Penryn/Skulltrail

Friday, September 21st, 2007

During the last three days, I was here in San Francisco, at Intel Developer Forum where the company presents its roadmap for the year to come and unveils some new products. One of the most impressive machines demonstrated was sporting the new high-performance Skulltrail motherboard fitted with two quadCore Penryn processors, and was overclocked […]

gpuViewer at IDF

Tuesday, September 18th, 2007

Tomorrow Intel Developer’s Forum starts for three days of information on what to expect this year. I’ll be splitting my time between showing gpuViewer to as many people as possible and trying to get as much information as possible…
I have posted the version I will be demoing in the download section. The main […]

Zoom through your photos with gpuViewer

Sunday, July 22nd, 2007

We’re proud to release this second tech preview of gpuViewer as it marks an important milestone for us: the proof of concept of the Zoom UI. The main feature in today’s release is the calendar view that lets you find your pictures by simply zooming on the calendar. Yes, just like that, using your […]