NVIDIA SHIELD Gets Android 4.3, Gamepad Mapper

When SHIELD launched, NVIDIA has promised to deliver OS updates as fast as they can, so SHIELD is now getting an Android 4.3 update today. There are a number of interesting things in 4.3, but the most important in terms of gaming has to be OpenGL ES 3.0, which makes new graphics features available to developers. There are quite a few, but among the practical ones, I like: the better texture compression (since memory is always a very scarce resource), shadow-mapping, multiple render targets and new HDR-friendly texture formats. This should add some serious eye-candy to games down the road.

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