New Graphics Technology?

[Buchon]

I wonder how they will going to calculate collisions or animations with that amount of points.

[ATAG_Doc]

quantum leaps examples
http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/201...near-stanford/

and

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3077363/...eap-computing/

I think we might all be surprised to learn that computing is on the verge of a major leap once again. But the truth is the shares of PC's as in terms of people owning them and total sales as a percentage of all computing devices has really shrunk and have been on a decline for a while. Which is sad.

Looking at that article from 2000 makes someone like me who is old enough to remember 300 baud modems and bulletin boards be in awe at where we are today.

[DayGlow]

http://notch.tumblr.com/post/8386977075/its-a-scam

Interesting commentary on the engine. I'll believe it when I see a decent working demo with transparency and animations.

[Madfish]

Definately not a scam. The engine just has limitations. Those can be overcome however.
For example a mix of both worlds. It was done already by many games like Outcast or the Delta Force game series.

If applied correctly this technology could seriously enhance games. Even decade old games like Outcast are still visually impressive and were long unrivaled.

[albx]

The video is a pre-rendered scene

[CharveL]

Originally Posted by albx

The video is a pre-rendered scene

Like I said, youtube up the realtime video.

[CharveL]

Originally Posted by Buchon

I wonder how they will going to calculate collisions or animations with that amount of points.

Well even CloD needs separate damage maps but I'm thinking that simplified underlying polygon structures will do for collisions considering all the extra GPU headroom.

Without ray-tracing I can see difficulties with proper shadows and other visual shader effects but there is currently so much waste with having to calculate hidden polygons and overdraw despite some things they are doing with occlusion and tessellation.

[CharveL]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JVB1ayT6Fdc

[Jatta Raso]

Originally Posted by CharveL

i've hold my judgement until he starts introducing his team. after that, well, what can i say except WHAT A HOAX!!

seriously, weighting all in all, if these ppl are into building revolutionary graphics engine then i am Donald duck; you should definitely recognize a scam like this when you see it, this one it could be a compendium of scam tricks

[Warhound]

http://notch.tumblr.com/post/8423008...its-not-a-scam

Followup post by Notch elaborating exactly why it's pure marketing talk by guys looking for nice fat cheques. Certainly nothing you'll see in games anytime soon.

Here's an example of something voxel based that actually does exite me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_CCZIBDt1uM