What a difference a decade makes for a lonely fairy.
Ten years ago, video card manufacturing company Nvidia introduced "Dawn," a tech demo showcasing the capabilities of its GeForce FX graphics processor unit (GPU) via the agile acrobatics of a silent-but-blissful fairy. Although impressive, the demo suffered from hardware limitations preventing a more fully realized environment for the pirouetting pixie and resulted in a heavy reliance on bloom and depth-of-field effects -- a novel approach, but it wouldn't last long in an industry constantly redefining its…
