Samsung is launching the world’s first gaming title that features the HDR10+ Gaming standard. Developed in collaboration with Nexon, the game titled The First Descendant is set to debut at Gamescom 2023. The open beta test of The First Descendant will commence on September 19.
HDR10 Gaming is an open, royalty-free high-dynamic-range (HDR) standard for gaming that was developed by the HDR10+ Technologies alliance. It is based on the HDR10 standard, but it adds support for dynamic metadata, which allows games to automatically calibrate their brightness and colors depending on the capabilities of the display. The dynamic metadata is encoded in a format called HDR10+ metadata. HDR10+ metadata is a small packet of data that is embedded in the game’s code and is sent to the display along with the video stream. The dynamic metadata contains information about the brightness and colors of the game, such as the maximum brightness, the minimum brightness, and the color gamut. The display uses this information to adjust its settings accordingly.
HDR10 Gaming also supports variable refresh rates (VRR), which helps to reduce screen tearing and stuttering. VRR is a feature that allows the display’s refresh rate to be synchronized with the frame rate of the game. VRR is supported by a variety of graphics cards and displays. The most common VRR standards are AMD FreeSync and Nvidia G-Sync.
Another one of HDR10 Gaming’s expectations is Low latency is important for gaming because it ensures that the game responds quickly to the player’s input. HDR10 Gaming achieves low latency by using a variety of techniques, such as game mode and display port 1.4. Game mode is a setting on many displays that minimizes the delay between the time a player’s input is sent to the display and the time the image is displayed. Display port 1.4 is a newer version of display port that supports lower latency than previous versions.
In addition to these technical specifications, HDR10 Gaming also defines a set of performance requirements that must be met by compliant displays. These performance requirements include:
- A peak brightness of at least 400 nits
- A color gamut that covers at least 90% of the DCI-P3 color space
- A low latency of less than 16 milliseconds
