Dave Baumann has thrown up a new editorial over at Beyond3D, which looks at what we can expect from Microsoft's next version of DirectX! Here's a byte.

While the next major revision for DirectX is not expected until Longhorn?s launch, Microsoft?s DirectX group has been briefing developers on what?s in store for ?DirectX Next? with presentations at Microsoft Meltdown and other developer conferences. Recently, this presentation was made available to the public via Microsoft?s Developer Network. The intent of this article is to give a more thorough treatment of the features listed for inclusion with DirectX Next and hence explore the types of capabilities that DirectX Next may be

DirectX Next Early Preview