NBC's decision to show 3D models of Tom Brady, Nick Foles and other players with statistical updates perhaps had potential, but its execution took a lot of criticism for the graphics looking like ...

FRANCONIA, N.H. — Although the famous Old Man of the Mountain is gone, a new interactive, three-dimensional model created by a Dartmouth College graduate student, allows users to explore it online.

That leaves the graphics card only 11.1 ms per frame to render what can be complex 3D scenes. The VR environment also means the user can often move the first-person "camera" (i.e. their head ...