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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. 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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  2. 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!

  3. 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.

  4. 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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    http://leenks.com check it :)
  5. 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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