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Corrinne Yu
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Corrinne Yu at Hotel W Dallas in 2009
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| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Game programmer |
| Employer | General Motors |
| Title | Graphics Programmer |
| Spouse(s) | Kenneth Scott |
Corrinne Yu is an American game programmer. She creates the software that makes video games work. She has helped make many popular games, including King's Quest, Quake II, and Halo 4.
Corrinne also worked on important game technologies. These include the Unreal Engine 3 and Microsoft's Direct3D Advisory Board. She also helped with CUDA and GPU simulations at Nvidia. Besides games, she has designed special experiments for nuclear physics research.
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About Corrinne Yu
Her Early Life
Corrinne Yu went to California State Polytechnic University, Pomona. There, she studied electrical engineering. This helped her start her career as a professional programmer.
Making Video Games
Corrinne began her career programming for the King's Quest game series. These games were for the Apple II computer. She also created her own 3D engine projects. She sold these special software tools to different companies.
She worked on QuickDraw 3D, an early tool for making computer graphics. Corrinne also helped create the game Zombie. She designed the video game engine used in Spec Ops: Rangers Lead The Way.
In 1997, she joined a company called Ion Storm. There, she worked on the game Anachronox. She also became the Director of Technology for the studio. At Ion Storm, she managed the Quake 2 code. This code was used for their games and other games based on that engine.
Later, Corrinne became the Lead Technology Programmer at 3D Realms. She also worked as an engine programmer at Gearbox Software. This company made games like Brothers in Arms and Borderlands. Corrinne greatly changed the Epic Unreal Engine 3. She focused on improving how lighting, shadows, and physics worked in games.
Corrinne was also a founding member of Microsoft's Direct3D Advisory Board. This group helps guide how graphics technology develops. She also worked on CUDA and GPU simulation at NVidia.
In 2008, Microsoft Studios hired Corrinne. She became the Principal Engine Architect for 343 Industries. This studio was created to manage the Halo game series. Corrinne programmed lighting and facial animation for Halo 4. She also developed new technology for the game, released in 2012. While working on Halo, she researched new lighting methods. She even invented new ways to make dynamic lighting look real. Microsoft received a software patent for her lighting work on Halo.
After Microsoft, Corrinne joined Naughty Dog in 2013. This company makes games for PlayStation 4. In 2014, she moved to Amazon.com. There, she worked on the Amazon Prime Air program, which uses drones for delivery. In 2018, she joined General Motors as a Vice President of Engineering.
Awards and Other Work
In 2009, Corrinne Yu won the Best in Engineering award at the GDC (Game Developers Conference). This award is given internationally. Industry experts chose her for her amazing programming work. In 2010, Kotaku named her one of the 10 most important women in games. She was the only director of technology and engine programmer on that list.
Her Style of Work
Corrinne loves figuring out how complex parts fit together. She compares her daily work to playing a game of Minecraft. But for her, it's even more flexible and useful in the real world.
Games She Worked On
- Halo 4 (2012) - Graphics Engineering
- Brothers in Arms: Hell's Highway (2008) - Programming
- Anachronox (2001) - Programming
- Spec Ops: Rangers Lead the Way (1998) - Programming
See also
In Spanish: Corrinne Yu para niños
