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Article: Futuremark's latest UI efforts touted at MIW.
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- RCR Wireless News
- Article date:
- October 27, 2008
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Byline: MIKE DANO
Futuremark Corp. is hoping to topple the bar set by Apple Inc.'s iPhone by taking the mobile user interface into the third dimension. The software company announced a new graphics software engine, dubbed Kanzi, that it said will allow handset makers to develop "visually stunning 3D user interfaces'' as a way to differentiate and dominate.
Futuremark's release comes amid the handset industry's headlong rush into the brave, new touchscreen world, where users' ease of interfacing is paramount. Though the handset UI has long been an area of significant investment for gadget makers, the remarkable success of Apple Inc.'s iPhone along with ...