Tom Miller's Blog
The Ramblings of Miller. These postings are provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confer no rights.
Although it is probably a mistake, I've put my Xbox Live Gamertag on my blog page. Despite my...
Author: Tom Miller - MS Date: 01/05/2006
From a colleague here.. Innovative uses of MDX: https://www.columbia.edu/~me133/
Author: Tom Miller - MS Date: 12/27/2005
I blame my self-imposed umm.. isolation? while on vacation for the lack of a Dec SDK release...
Author: Tom Miller - MS Date: 12/27/2005
I got an email recently from Phil Vaira about a new RPG he was working on.. So, like I normally do,...
Author: Tom Miller - MS Date: 12/27/2005
So I have a buddy that recently embarked on a new adventure that could be quite thrilling. Ok, so he...
Author: Tom Miller - MS Date: 11/16/2005
So, how is it that I can get scooped by my own information? (Just kidding ZMan, I appreciate it!)...
Author: Tom Miller - MS Date: 10/06/2005
The October SDK release is now available and (if you read ZMan's blog, you already know) it includes...
Author: Tom Miller - MS Date: 10/03/2005
Saw this post on the newsgroups, and I got a kick out of both the story and the little game Aaron...
Author: Tom Miller - MS Date: 09/13/2005
I just got an email from the folks @ Suva Interactive, and it seems they have a game engine using...
Author: Tom Miller - MS Date: 08/30/2005
Check out the video that David Weller did with Steve Lacey, the graphics lead for Flight Simulator....
Author: Tom Miller - MS Date: 08/25/2005
Well, after 'unofficially' working with David for the last few years, we'll now be able to work...
Author: Tom Miller - MS Date: 07/05/2005
Well, as I'm sure most of you are already aware, the Whidbey beta has been out for a while now, and...
Author: Tom Miller - MS Date: 06/12/2005
The most common topic on my blog returns again. This time it will be brief as all I'm going to to do...
Author: Tom Miller - MS Date: 05/05/2005
Since I'm feeling quite lazy, I'm just going to copy the basic post from the Zbuffer site.. So you...
Author: Tom Miller - MS Date: 05/02/2005
It seems the folks over at Koios Works are back at it, and this time in full 3D.. From what I've...
Author: Tom Miller - MS Date: 04/27/2005
Taken from the Chat Announcements blog: DirectX 9.0 Direct3D Graphics with Visual Basic .NETTuesday,...
Author: Tom Miller - MS Date: 04/19/2005
Managed specific changes: All of the D3DX updates mentioned below are implemented in MDX Better...
Author: Tom Miller - MS Date: 03/31/2005
My coworker Rick has taken the time to write out his thoughts on the infamous render loop....
Author: Tom Miller - MS Date: 03/31/2005
Like i said the last time i was blogging about trips to Vegas, next time I wouldn't be driving.....
Author: Tom Miller - MS Date: 03/21/2005
Have just been posted.. You can get them here:...
Author: Tom Miller - MS Date: 03/18/2005
Recently I was asked some questions for a case study that was recently published on the Microsoft...
Author: Tom Miller - MS Date: 03/15/2005
I was recently pointed to the Inner Realm, which apparently is a Managed Game Programming site.. I...
Author: Tom Miller - MS Date: 03/14/2005
In a little over twelve hours from now I leave once again for the annual Game Developers Conference....
Author: Tom Miller - MS Date: 03/06/2005
Nothing Managed DX related, but an exciting opportunity for developers nonetheless. Our group is...
Author: Tom Miller - MS Date: 02/28/2005
First, NASA's World Wind.. If you haven't seen this, you should check it out here:...
Author: Tom Miller - MS Date: 02/28/2005
That the folks over at TrayGames are starting to make some noise.. They're looking to meet some...
Author: Tom Miller - MS Date: 02/23/2005
So I was looking at my latest book on Amazon and noticed it had a review.. Only 1 star.. Apparently...
Author: Tom Miller - MS Date: 02/21/2005
It's actually been available a few days, but.. Here are the new features: What’s New in this...
Author: Tom Miller - MS Date: 02/15/2005
Last week there was an MDX chat for MSDN Canada, and the transcript is now available here:...
Author: Tom Miller - MS Date: 01/19/2005
Since I wouldn't have known about this site without his post blaming someone else.. It's a vicious...
Author: Tom Miller - MS Date: 01/06/2005
Jason Olson recently conducted an interview with me about various Managed DirectX topics.. I imagine...
Author: Tom Miller - MS Date: 01/05/2005
I really need to pay more attention to things like that.. Here are links for Amazon and Barnes and...
Author: Tom Miller - MS Date: 01/04/2005
It's been a while since I've written anything here, but a few other posts today have gotten me to...
Author: Tom Miller - MS Date: 12/01/2004
To my knowledge, the first 'retail' game written in Managed DirectX has been released.. It's called...
Author: Tom Miller - MS Date: 10/14/2004
You may not be aware, but the DirectX SDK is moving towards a more flexible (and quicker) release...
Author: Tom Miller - MS Date: 10/09/2004
With the upcoming release of my new book, I thought it would be pretty cool if there was a contest...
Author: Tom Miller - MS Date: 10/08/2004
This has become a popular quest recently, so naturally that means it must be time to blog about it.....
Author: Tom Miller - MS Date: 10/05/2004
Especially when it's as good as Rico is giving here. I particularly like his universal advice: For...
Author: Tom Miller - MS Date: 09/07/2004
I guess I should have realized that since I did use Streets And Trips 2005 to actually plan the...
Author: Tom Miller - MS Date: 08/30/2004
Like Greg mentioned earlier this week, my birthday is rapidly approaching (oh, happy birthday to...
Author: Tom Miller - MS Date: 08/18/2004
Like Mitch mentions, I'll be giving a talk at Meltdown this week (both Tuesday and Wednesday) on...
Author: Tom Miller - MS Date: 07/26/2004
-- Official announcement - DX Web site should be updated soon.. The DirectX(r) Team is pleased to...
Author: Tom Miller - MS Date: 07/26/2004
Hard to believe that in a little less than 20 hours I'll be moved into our new house. While the wait...
Author: Tom Miller - MS Date: 07/20/2004
Someone on the newsgroups was recently asking why loading his simple 800x600 texture was taking up...
Author: Tom Miller - MS Date: 07/19/2004
With the release of the Whidbey (err, I mean Visual Studio.NET 2005) beta a few weeks ago, my...
Author: Tom Miller - MS Date: 07/12/2004
You can download the first beta of Visual Studio 2005 right now.
Author: Tom Miller - MS Date: 06/29/2004
As a sports fan, I'm what you might call a “bandwagon jumper” (a cardinal sin for a...
Author: Tom Miller - MS Date: 06/07/2004
Ah, the good ol' render loop. Everyone's favorite topic of conversation. As I'm sure everyone is...
Author: Tom Miller - MS Date: 06/03/2004
I had an email this morning about Managed Direct3D 'breaking' the math functions in the CLR. The...
Author: Tom Miller - MS Date: 06/01/2004