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Accelerated PowerPoint?

Posted by michael on from the just-what-the-world-needs dept.

darkjohnson writes "If you're looking for an excuse to offer your manager to approve that high end graphics card so you can play Doom 3 at full tilt (on your 'breaks' ;) you might want to check out the Instant Effects' technology as it has the first product (OfficeFX) that justifies upgrading your display hardware so you can do a POWER POINT presentation of all things. Especially true if you're the one stuck with the duty of making them look good. I saw this at Siggraph and was not only impressed with the look but the number of people packed into the booth to see it demoed, competing side by side with real time 3D game renders and high-end effects software."

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  1. Green Link by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=04/08/15/163420 6&tid=152&tid=10

  2. OfficeFX: When you need to justify your salary by BubbaThePirate · · Score: 3, Funny
    I haven't been slacking off with the anual reports... i've been... applying hardware T&L!

    Because purty graphics make yearly losses look so much more exciting! The Red's never been so vibrant!

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  3. Just what I've been waiting for by bobhagopian · · Score: 4, Funny

    Text spiraling in at a million miles per hour! Now if only I can figure out how to connect that 4,000 watt subwoofer, I can add sound effects!

  4. Re:Does your life lack a cause? by eln · · Score: 1, Funny

    Zombies work for brains, wage slaves work for cash. If you work hard as a wage slave, you may be able to afford brains on your wages, plus a little extra. As a zombie, it's pretty much all brains all the time. This is why you should avoid becoming a zombie if at all possible.

  5. Fun app by SilentChris · · Score: 3, Funny

    Say what you want about people who rely on PowerPoint (I know I do), but the app is actually pretty fun. I'm preparing a few training sessions now and PowerPoint is one of the things staff wants to learn. I've barely delved into it, but I'm finding a lot of Flash-like features. Sure, it's for "business", but it'll probably be the funnest training class I've ever held.

    1. Re:Fun app by paulthomas · · Score: 2, Funny

      Perhaps the funnest next to using made-up words.

      :P

  6. Cue the PHB... by Joey+Patterson · · Score: 2, Funny

    "You mean to tell me that you need this $700 graphics card so you can see connection error dialogs at higher resolution?!?!!? Give me a break!"

  7. Powerpoints new easter egg... by kev82 · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...is built on the doom3 engine. great, and I thought it was bloating the product when they bundled some version of flight simulator with excel

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  8. 28 pages? by douthat · · Score: 2, Funny
    you can purchase his whole essay here.
    28 pages is a bit hefty.
    Where can I find the executive summary?



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    1. Re:28 pages? by j7953 · · Score: 2, Funny
      28 pages is a bit hefty. Where can I find the executive summary?

      "The Cognitive Style of PowerPoint" Presented in the Form of a PowerPoint Presentation

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  9. Re:Didn't NASA... by mabinogi · · Score: 4, Funny

    Then we're all doomed

    I recently found out that at my daughter's school, the use PowerPoint to call the role.
    There's something deeply wrong about that, but I just can't quite put my finger on it...

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