1. Michael Abrash has written dozens of magazine articles and multiple books on code optimization and software-rendered graphics for IBM PC compatibles.
11 Facts About Michael Abrash
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Michael Abrash worked at id Software in the mid-1990s on the rendering technology for Quake.
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Michael Abrash later wrote the Pixomatic software renderer for RAD Game Tools.
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Michael Abrash began writing about programming the EGA and VGA hardware of IBM PC compatibles for Programmer's Journal in the late 1980s, followed by a column for Dr Dobb's Journal in the early 1990s.
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Michael Abrash began writing video games the early days of the IBM PC and the Color Graphics Adapter.
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Michael Abrash's first commercial game was a clone of Space Invaders published by Datamost in 1982 as Space Strike.
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Michael Abrash followed it with Cosmic Crusader and Big Top, both published by Funtastic.
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In 2002, Michael Abrash went to RAD Game Tools where he co-wrote the Pixomatic software renderer, which emulates the functionality of a DirectX 7-level graphics card.
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On March 28,2014, three days after Facebook announced agreements to purchase the virtual reality headset company, Oculus VR published a statement saying that Michael Abrash had joined their company as Chief Scientist.
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Michael Abrash was a columnist in the 1980s for the magazine Programmer's Journal.
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Michael Abrash stopped writing publicly in the 2000s until maintaining a public blog at Valve, "Ramblings in Valve Time", from April 2012 until January 2014.