All articles tagged with #open standards
Epic rolled out a diagnostic image exchange across its Care Everywhere network, enabling providers to retrieve and share diagnostic-quality CTs, MRIs and X-rays with a single click using open image-exchange standards. The feature expands beyond reports to full images, reducing manual transfers, preventing duplicate scans, and speeding care, while supporting TEFCA alignment and broader healthcare interoperability goals.
Epic Games unveils Unreal Engine 6, merging UE5 and UEFN into one workflow, shifting from C++ to Verse, and deprecating Blueprint/Actor systems as the framework matures. The update adds AI-driven pipeline features and embraces open standards like glTF/USD to enable cross-game portability of assets and code, with a vision for interoperable content across ecosystems and a late-2027 Early Access window.
AMD is teasing open standards and open-source ahead of its "Advancing AI" event scheduled for December 6th. While details about the event are scarce, speculation suggests that it could involve the rollout of ROCm for more GPUs or the introduction of open-source/Linux support for Ryzen AI. AMD's promotion of open elements has sparked interest among enthusiasts, who are eager to see what announcements the event will bring.
Leaks suggest that the upcoming iPhone 15 models will support fast 15W wireless charging using the Qi2 open standard, a major U-turn for Apple which had previously limited open wireless charging standards to 7.5W. The iPhone 15 range will also adopt USB-C wired charging, two generations earlier than required by EU law. Additionally, iOS 17 is expected to enable sideloading of apps through third-party app stores. These changes indicate a previously unseen willingness from Apple to work with open standards on the iPhone.
Epic Games has unveiled new features for Unreal Engine 5.2, including procedural generation technology and an upgrade to Metahuman Animator. The company also showcased a new creative toolset for Fortnite, which will allow Unreal Engine 5 projects to be published directly into the game. Epic Games also announced plans to share revenue with third-party development teams building in the new toolset. CEO Tim Sweeney predicted the arrival of an "open metaverse" in the next decade, connecting different console ecosystems and publishers. Unreal Engine 6 is expected to launch within the next decade.