AMD’s got big plans for GPUOpen – New content is coming every day next week

Back in 2016, AMD started its GPUOpen initiative, a direct competitor to Nvidia’s GameWorks suite of middleware that’s entirely open-source, and allows developers to modify AMD’s technologies to suit their games or the needs of specific hardware platforms.  

Now, AMD’s GPUOpen website is getting revamped. To mark this change, next week, AMD plans to announce new GPU Open releases every day for the next week, giving developers more toys to play with improving AMD’s existing technologies.   

One of AMD’s most famous GPUOpen effects is TressFX, the technology behind Lara Croft’s hair in the Crystal Dynamics’ Tomb Raider series. Another great GPUOpen technology is FidelityFX, an intelligent image sharpener which has been added to games like Shadow of the Tomb Raider, Borderlands 3, F1 2019, Gears 5 and Rage 2.  

With a new generation of Radeon-powered consoles on the horizon, it will be fascinating to see what new technologies AMD has been cooking for its current-generation and future graphics cards. Will they be received as well as FidelityFX, or will they be used by a minority of developers.