Ken Silverman
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Ken Silverman (born November 1, 1975) is an American
Once considered the primary rival of
Silverman has been CTO and co-founder of Ardfry Imaging, LLC responsible for the PNG Compression tool PNGOUT. He is the founder and Chief Computer Scientist of VOXON, makers of the world's most advanced 3D volumetric display system.
Projects
Ken's Labyrinth
Ken's Labyrinth is a
Build engine
The Build engine is a first-person shooter engine created by Ken Silverman for 3D Realms from 1993 to 1996. The engine was used in a number of popular games of the era, and its source code was released on June 20, 2000.
Voxlap
In 2000, Silverman started work on Voxlap, a voxel-driven graphics engine.[4] In addition to the engine, a Voxlap-powered tech demo was produced in cooperation with Tom Dobrowolski. Since 2003, development on the engine has been fairly static, the source code to the engine was released by Silverman in 2005,[5] allowing commercial derivatives with permission.[6] Ace of Spades, a 2011 online multiplayer shooter, was developed from the Voxlap engine.
Other projects
Other creations by Silverman include the
was released by Ardfry Imaging, a small company Silverman co-founded in 2005.Voxon Photonics
In early 2013, Silverman joined Voxon Photonics as Chief Computer Scientist. His role is primarily that of programming the volumetric graphics engine for the Voxiebox, a swept surface volumetric display being described by Voxon as "the world's first holographic arcade game system". The Voxiebox is capable of generating points of light within a volume of space, and in doing so enables the creation of 3D multiplayer gaming experiences that can be viewed from any angle without special glasses.[8][9]
References
- ^ "John Carmack Answers". Slashdot. October 15, 1999. Retrieved December 10, 2015.
- ^ "The official Ken's Labyrinth page". advsys.net.
- ^ "Ken Silverman's Build Engine Page". advsys.net.
- ^ Jason Johnson (July 24, 2013). "Meet the voxel, the pixel's long-lost cousin, and why it became videogames' Betamax". Kill Screen.
- ^ "Voxlap Engine source code". Ken Silverman's website.
- ^ "Voxlap engine notes". advsys.net.
- ^ "PNGOUTWin homepage". ardfry.com.
- ^ "voxiebox facebook page". facebook.com. Archived from the original on February 8, 2014.
- ^ "Now's Your Chance to Make a Home Hologram". Motherboard. October 23, 2015.
External links
- Official website
- An interview with Silverman
- MobyGames' rap sheet on Silverman
- 3D Realms "Legacy Interview" with Silverman
- Ardfry Imaging, LLC – Silverman is CTO and co-founder of Ardfry
- PNGOUT Tutorial
- Interview with Classic DOS Games
- [1] – Interview with Silverman's father