Arm has released its open-source experience kit for game developers, enabling them to utilize the ASR technology for better performance in mobile games.
Arm Announces Dedicated ASR Plugins for Unity Before the End of the Year; Unreal Engine Plugins are Already Available
Apart from making processors for mobile devices, Arm also recently started working on its upscaling technology called ASR (Accuracy Super Resolution) for mobile games. The technology was introduced last year, claiming to possess the ability to push the performance by up to 53% in mobile games.
At the GDC (Game Developers Conference), the company once again re-instated its promise to deliver the required tools to game developers for easier integration. It has already released the ASR open-source experience kit for Unreal Engine, one of the leading gaming engines, which is utilized by major developers but will soon be available for Unity as well, which is yet another hugely popular game engine.
For those who are unfamiliar with this topic, the upscaling techniques have to be integrated into the game pipeline through the game engines by game developers. To allow seamless integration, companies like NVIDIA, AMD, and Intel provide their toolkits for integrating their upscaling techniques into PC games. Since high performance is a requirement for modern titles on both PC and mobile platforms, many game developers are trying to maximize the performance of games by implementing upscaling techniques.
At the moment, Arm’s competitor, Qualcomm, also offers its upscaling technique called Snapdragon GSR (Game Super Resolution), which was introduced last summer as well. However, it is based on AMD’s FSR 1, while Arm’s ASR will be based on a superior FSR 2, enhancing both visuals and performance drastically. Unlike FSR 1, FSR 2 is a temporal upscaling method, making it not only faster and better but also more power-efficient with a reduction of up to 20% of power consumption.
The technology previously claimed to deliver up to 53% higher performance than in native resolution, and a recent video demonstrates ASR offering an impressive 87% uplift at 2X upscaling on the Immortalis-G720 GPU. Of course, it will also allow users to choose the upscaling setting according to their requirements, and one can choose the 1.5x, 1.7x, or 2x options for either good-quality visuals or high-performance gameplay.
Game developers can access the Arm ASR experience kit for Unreal Engine from the official website and will include the source code, plugin, and tutorial & sample materials to get started.
News Source: ARM
