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Will Harvey On Virtual Worlds, Technology Curves

Posted by simoniker on from the microserfs-incarnate dept.

CowboyRobot writes "Slashdot's former editor Chris DiBona has an interview with videogame creator Will Harvey over at ACMQueue. Harvey has had a hand in lots of stuff you've used, from Zany Golf to Adobe AfterEffects, and now runs There, a kind of online 3D 'virtual world' game. Their conversation covers games in general, as well as specifics of the challenges that There is facing. From the article: 'You have to project the curves: the rendering curve; the CPU speed curve; the money spent on the Internet on online games curve; the number of people who play online games curve. I think we guessed right on almost everything, but we underestimated Moore's Law and we overestimated the low-end graphics capability'."

13 of 94 comments (clear)

  1. fist by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    pist

  2. holy fucking christ jesus!!!! by ShipsToday · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    yes, stupidity exists to this degree

  3. AHHHHHHH PLEAZSE CLICKEC by ShipsToday · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    yes, stupidity exists to this degree

  4. A Joke by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    How many Jews can you fit in a VW Bug?

    4 in the seats, 39 in the ashtray.

    1. Re:A Joke by ShipsToday · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      You've heard about the big controversy on when life begins. In Jewish tradition the fetus is not considered viable until after it graduates from medical school.

  5. Moore's Law by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    In the spirit of Goodwin's Law, I propose a new law called Moore's Law - any time someone brings up Moore's Law in a technology discussion, the discussion is over.

    1. Re:Moore's Law by ShipsToday · · Score: -1, Offtopic

      How about the Slashdot law... If you read Slashdot, you turn gay. Any supporters out there?

  6. Well THANKS A LOT! by rylin · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "Slashdot's former editor Chris DiBona. . .

    THANKS FOR SPOILING THAT ONE!
    Fscking 'ell!
    Someone of us live in different timezones you know, I thought he was still with us! :P

  7. Roadtrip! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Slashdot roadtrip to San Fran anyone???

  8. Re:beego ogeeb by Justabit · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Please can someone tell me what drugs or drug gives this affect. I'm thinking that he can type so its not alcohol, and well... he could have a voice typing program but the words are not typed slured so... at least he's not alergic to peanuts.

    --
    "Persistance is Fertile" - Me. I can quote myself if I want to.
  9. Serious question by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Why does canned crab meat taste so terrible?

  10. Spoiler by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Amidala is killed by Boba Fett

  11. XBox rules!! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    first post!!! you lame assholes... I can post first because my XBox is a american product and my pride in my great country and my great XBox accelerate everything...

    If only they would make games for that bitch... IAve played Metroid Prime and it ruled... I hope M$ will buy those japanese bastards and port Metroid to my great american console system!!!

    Join the fun!!!

    Do you know gamespy.slashdot.org???