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Wired's LOTR III Tech Breakdown

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i'll-take-2-to-go dept.

rjjm writes "Interesting little logistics piece in Wired about the technology WETA used for for The Return of the King." Ya know, now that the Matrix hype vanished into nowhere, I'm glad the LotR hype is gearing up. I think this one will earn it.

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  1. Re:technoglogy by lithandie · · Score: 5, Funny

    trixie technoglogy, we hates it...

  2. Unless - LOTR - the Slashdot Edition by Channard · · Score: 5, Funny
    You could assume that they render multiple frames at a time. With all the frames they have to render, at 12 frames a day that requires a few decades to render.

    That sounds like a call for distributed computing and an LOTR rendering client on each PC. One million slashdot readers willing, we *will* render the Scouring of the Shire...