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Running High-Fidelity O3DE Simulations in AWS RoboMaker

In this summary of a blog written by AWS, titled Running High-Fidelity O3DE Simulations in AWS RoboMaker, Matt Hansen and Stephen Phram of AWS discuss the challenges of developing autonomous robots due to the complexities of integrating hardware and software. They talk about the value of high-fideli...

August 23, 2023 |

Project Eureka Update: July 2023

Over the past month, the team has been focused on implementing new features and working on new levels. We’ve implemented a number of new features, including our liquid mode environmental interaction and a vacuum feature on the player’s gun. On top of this, we’ve finished assets for the Hub and...

August 22, 2023 |

Project Eureka Update: June 2023

During our first month, the team focused on porting over our demo from Unity to the Open 3D Engine (O3DE). As we close out the month of June, everything except for one or two minor polish pieces (such as VFX) has been ported over to O3DE. While we certainly had our roadblocks—learning a brand-new ...

August 10, 2023 |

Accelerating Robotic Innovation through Open Source Technologies, Part 2

Is a one-stop solution in robotics simulators achievable? In Part I of this blog series, we talked with a panel of industry experts about the importance of simulation in robotics, and dove into current developer challenges. In this blog, a panel of industry experts shares their perspectives, explore...

July 10, 2023 |

Advancing AAA Mobile Graphics with Open Source Technologies

Industry leaders spanning the full technology stack are collaborating through the Open 3D Engine (O3DE) and its Mobile Working Group to advance the state of mobile games and graphics. During a panel discussion earlier this year at GDC 2023 led by Tyrran Ferguson of Imagination Technologies, t...

June 29, 2023 |

Accelerating Robotic Innovation through Open Source Technologies, Part I

In this blog, we talk with a panel of industry experts about the importance of simulation in robotics, along with current trends. We also dive into challenges that developers face, and how they can be addressed through open source solutions. Q: We see the changes that have happened in the past coupl...

June 15, 2023 |

Explore Multiplayer Gaming with the O3DE Multiplayer Sample

We are happy to announce the release of the O3DE Multiplayer Sample Game (MPS). The MPS is a fully open source mini-game where players battle one another for dominance in a multi-tiered, under-construction, Starbase. This new sample game is intended to serve as an example for the O3DE community to u...

Vectors, Matrices & Matrix Order

In this blog post, AWS engineer John Coimbra Walsh covers the basics of using vectors, matrices, and matrix order. This is a complicated topic for novice graphics programmers, and hopefully this breakdown can help you! Matrices & vectors An n⋅m matrix consists of n rows and m columns. The prod...

March 1, 2023 |

Google Test Matchers – Part 3

Topic Wrapping up the introduction to Google Test matchers. Please see Parts 1 and 2 for more information. Motivation Making use of helpful library features to improve the readability, succinctness and maintainability of our tests. Examples Custom Matchers In Part 2 we touched on writing our own cus...

February 8, 2023 |

Google Test Matchers – Part 2

Topic Continuing the introduction to Google Test matchers. Please see Part 1 for more information. Motivation Shorter, clearer tests that take the boilerplate and fragility out of testing. Examples Math types Matchers can be very useful when writing unit tests for math types (which nearly always req...

January 25, 2023 |

Google Test Matchers – Part 1

Topic An introduction to Google Test matchers with a focus on how they can improve the quality of our tests. Motivation We want tests to be fast to write, fast to run, easy to understand and informative when they fail. With Google Test matchers we can achieve all these and more. Google Test matchers...

January 11, 2023 |

The “Magical” World of Compilers, Linkers, and Loaders

In this blog from O3DE Technical Steering Committee member Jeremy Ong, he goes through the process of compilation and linking used by the MSVC compiler – useful for when you start encountering compilation and linking issues! Compilers and linkers are not always at the forefront of our minds wh...

December 28, 2022 |