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I don't like the way videogames have monopolized almost all consumer tech discussion. Please show me this rendering smoothly a Windows 11 desktop, GNOME, KDE,

• dwroberts 3y ago
  It's not really 'about' videogames though - Quake has just become an extremely useful reference/testbed because it's open source, very well written and easy to port. You see it in experiments and graphics papers all the time. It makes total sense to use it.
• TylerE 3y ago
  All rendering is done in 3D these days. Even your desktop. Making games better makes everything better.
  • tetris11 3y ago
    I was going to write a flippant comment, but I am now genuinely curious if anyone has made a desktop with game middleware like Unity, UnrealEngine, or Godot
    • rjp0008 3y ago
      Any of the VR Virtual Desktop apps are certainly done in UnrealEngine or the like, but I think it's really just a virtual display for your computer and the 'desktop engine' is still windows if I'm interpreting your comment correctly.
    • carlos_rpn 3y ago
      Take a look at the Godot subreddit. I've seen at least one or two people who made desktop tools with it.
    • TylerE 3y ago
      The way any of the modern compositors work is essentially the same.
    • vilunov 3y ago
      Godot editor, a desktop app, is made in Godot itself afaik
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• ironhaven 3y ago
  PC Gaming is the last group of consumers who pay for software that does not run in a web browser. If you are interested in the continuation of personal computing on open platforms, don't leave out gamers.