Sony Endorsing Open Graphics Format For PS3

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Sony Endorsing Open Graphics Format For PS3

Posted by simoniker on Friday July 30, 2004 @07:58AM from the super-collada dept.

News for nerds writes "At the tech talk as part of the forthcoming SIGGRAPH 2004 conference on August 11th, an open graphics file format for the interactive 3D [videogame] industry called COLLADA will be unveiled by Sony Computer Entertainment. COLLADA is supported by major 3D toolchain companies including Alias, Criterion, Discreet, Emdigo, Novodex, Softimage and Vicarious Visions. If you combine this with the recent news that Sony has joined Khronos Group to support OpenGL/ES, OpenMAX, OpenVG and OpenML, it seems evident that Sony is quietly fighting back against the loudly trumpeted Microsoft XNA (/. coverage) with its plan of an open game development platform."

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frosty pist by Anonymous Coward · 2004-07-30 07:59 · Score: -1, Offtopic

frosty frosty frosty!!!!
END THE OCCUPATION, BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW by Bad+Move · 2004-07-30 07:59 · Score: -1, Offtopic

GREENS TO DEMS: END THE OCCUPATION, BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW
"The Whole World is Watching"
Green presidential candidate David Cobb today challenged the Democrats on the eve of their national convention to join the Green Party in calling for an end to the U.S. occupation of Iraq.
"John Kerry claims that he was deceived by the Bush administration and the U.S. intelligence community into supporting the unprovoked invasion of Iraq. Yet Senator Kerry chose to ignore reports from United Nations weapons inspectors, international outrage over the planned U.S. invasion and the millions of Americans who took to the streets opposed to the invasion.
"It is time to bring the U.S. troops home now. Their presence is opposed by a majority of Iraqis and is fueling political instability and widespread and continuing resistance. U.S. troops don't belong in Iraq any more than Dick Cheney's Halliburton does. Every day, more U.S. soldiers and more innocent Iraqi civilians are dying.
"The whole world is watching to see what the Democrats will do in Boston. They can either distinguish themselves as a true opposition party or can continue as accomplices to the agenda of the radical right-wing Republicans.
"The Green Party has consistently opposed this deadly and disastrous invasion. The Cobb-LaMarche campaign offers the voters of this country a genuine alternative and we are proud to present a foreign policy based on international cooperation, diplomacy and the protection of human rights," said Cobb.
Cobb will be making campaign appearances in Boston on July 25, 26 and 27 for forums, rallies and protests timed to coincide with the Democratic National Convention. Cobb's running mate, Pat LaMarche, will be in Boston from July 26- July 28. LaMarche will be speaking at a rally to protest the placement of a Bio-Terror Lab in the heart of Boston on Wednesday, July 28.
For more information about this rally, contact United for Justice with Peace, a Boston-area coalition of groups seeking global peace through economic and social justice, at 617.491.4857.
For more information on the Cobb-LaMarche campaign, go to http://www.votecobb.org.
Information on the Green Party can be found at http://www.gp.org.
1. Re:END THE OCCUPATION, BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW by Anonymous Coward · 2004-07-30 08:01 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Re-Elect Bush: Vote Nader.
2. Re:END THE OCCUPATION, BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW by Anonymous Coward · 2004-07-30 08:24 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  "The whole world is watching?"
  
  And there you have the entire reason that the Greens and damned near any other "alternative" political party in this country is doomed from day one. There's such a total lack of clear thinking and originality from both the people in charge and their parade of college-aged supporters that they're reduced to cribbing not only their politics, but even their slogans and chants from newsreel footage from the 60's. New parties have zero - listen to me closely, that's *zero* - chance of making a difference in this country without support from *every* generation. And what do you suppose happens when Joe Middle America watches the evening news and sees a bunch of college students with painted faces and clown suits on tv chanting "Hey hey, ho ho, today's hot-button political item has got to go!"? He thinks "Wow! I remember dressing like that in college. I even remember chanting that exact same thing! And you know what? I didn't change a damned thing. Oh, I also took that damned ignorant costume off and got a job."
  
  When your entire political party is a nostalgic retro trip, the people who already lived through it once are going to skip ahead to the part where they had to grow up and pay bills.
  
  Just a thought...
Never attracted to console games by nkntr · 2004-07-30 08:01 · Score: -1, Offtopic

PC Games are much better for me.
you FAIL 1t. by Anonymous Coward · 2004-07-30 08:09 · Score: -1, Offtopic

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Re:More open standards on the way.... by Anonymous Coward · 2004-07-30 08:22 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Your sig is self-referential and retarded. It is not witty.
Re:nes by Anonymous Coward · 2004-07-30 08:29 · Score: -1, Offtopic

....which are better because they are far easier to copy and store considerably less data than custom mini-DVDs. Cool!
Re:My head hurts by FatTux · 2004-07-30 09:11 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Two "Funny"-moderated posts in a row - THIS is an innovative karma-whoring, indeed!...
pswho by fonzer · 2004-07-30 09:19 · Score: -1, Offtopic

on the back of the purple car near the end it says PSWHO wtf is that an insult to the PS2 and PS3. If so I'll put my money on proprietary king Sony in the battle against the army of darkness Microsoft.