and Dani Lischinski from The Hebrew University -- have successfully created an algorithm that depixelizes and upscales low-resolution 8-bit "pixel art" into lush vector graphics. The algorithm ...

Is it simply a matter of nostalgia, or is there something inherently appealing about pixel art? Ars spoke to some ... inherently cool looking and the 8-bit sounds are also quite fun to listen ...

Modern pixel art is just one of those things that immediately inspires nostalgia. By evoking the video games of yore, contemporary 8-bit works are usually crowdpleasers, from 8-Bit Cinema to the ...

Pixel art requires a certain ... kick back on the couch and create the 8-bit scene of your dreams. Using a touchscreen for something as precise as pixel art might seem problematic, but it ...

[Photo: Depixelizing Pixel Art] I love gaming on an HDTV, but I still keep an old CRT around just so I can play some Genesis or Nintendo games, because 8-bit graphics blown up in resolution by ...

Or, in the case of one Brazilian design firm's favorite pastime: Rendering the heroes of your youth to look like 8-bit videogame characters. "Pixel art was heavily used during the '80s and '90s ...

These are already used in the vectorization of bitmaps, but as the new algorithm focuses solely on 8-bit pixel art, it can take the art form's particular quirks into account and produce results ...

and Dani Lischinski from The Hebrew University -- have successfully created an algorithm that depixelizes and upscales low-resolution 8-bit "pixel art" into lush vector graphics. The algorithm ...