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Microsoft has outlined a new Windows API designed to offer a seamless way for game developers to integrate super resolution AI-upscaling features from Nvidia, AMD, and Intel. In a new blog post<\/a>, program manager Joshua Tucker describes Microsoft\u2019s new DirectSR API as the \u201cmissing link\u201d between games and super resolution technologies, and says it should provide \u201ca smoother, more efficient experience that scales across hardware.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u201cThis API enables multi-vendor SR [super resolution] through a common set of inputs and outputs, allowing a single code path to activate a variety of solutions including Nvidia DLSS Super Resolution, AMD FidelityFX Super Resolution, and Intel XeSS,\u201d the post reads. The pitch seems to be that developers will be able to support this DirectSR API, rather than having to write code for each and every upscaling technology.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n The blog post comes a couple of weeks after an \u201cAutomatic Super Resolution\u201d feature was spotted in a test version of Windows 11<\/a>, which promised to \u201cuse AI to make supported games play more smoothly with enhanced details.\u201d Now, it seems the feature will plug into existing super resolution technologies like DLSS, FSR, and XeSS rather than offering a Windows-level alternative.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Microsoft says that the new API will be available soon via a preview version of its Agility SDK. It plans to offer a \u201csneak peek\u201d of how DirectSR can be used during a\u00a0developer session at the forthcoming Game Developers Conference (GDC)<\/a>. The session will take place on March 21st, and will include representatives from both Microsoft as well as Nvidia and AMD.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n