Apple revealed new graphics technology for iPhone and iPad today called Metal, which makes more efficient use of the processing power of the mobile devices.

Zen Garden

Announced during WWDC , Apple showed that EA, Epic Games, Crytek and Unity have been working with Metal, with Epic founder Tim Sweeney showing an Unreal 4 tech demo on stage. The Zen Garden demo will be free when iOS 8 launches.In addition, Apple showcased footage of Plants vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare up and running on an iPad, though no official announcement was made about the console and PC game coming to iOS. Metal is part of the upcoming iOS 8 update , which is scheduled to release this fall.

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