plop! said:
See the new physics chip is out in the UK - will there be any benefit
to current games or is it a case of waiting to see what games are
written to support this new technology (and what ATI and Nvidia do)?
It seems Microsoft is getting into the act. The "Windows Graphics and
Gaming Technology group is looking for a software design engineer to join a
growing team responsible for developing Direct Physics. This team is
responsible for delivering a great leap forwards in the way game developers
think about integrating Physics into their engines."
http://members.microsoft.com/careers/search/details.aspx?JobID=6b94ac4f-0627-4851-8e6a-633186d96261
However, buried in the text is a reference to GPU based physics
acceleration, so Direct Physics will probably look more like the Havoc SDK
than the Aegis engine. I can't say if that will kill Aegis off but
certainly the game developers will be taking notice of this.