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Chip Promises AI Performance in Games
Heartless Gamer writes to mention an Ars Technica article about a dedicated processor for AI performance in games. The product, from a company called AIseek, seeks to do for NPC performance what the PhysX processor does for in-game physics. From the article: "AIseek will offer an SDK for developers that will enable their titles to take advantage of the Intia AI accelerator. According to the company, Intia works by accelerating low-level AI tasks up to 200 times compared to a CPU doing the work on its own. With the acceleration, NPCs will be better at tasks like terrain analysis, line-of-sight sensory simulation, path finding, and even simple movement. In fact, AIseek guarantees that with its coprocessor NPCs will always be able to find the optimal path in any title using the processor." Is this the 'way of the future' for PC titles? Will games powered by specific pieces of hardware become the norm?
Who is Al and why do I want him controlling everything in my games?
This guy's the limit!
Well if Chip promises it, I believe him..
Aren't many problems of that ilk NP-complete?
sounds like it just speeds up existing AI routines..... and existing AI routines, well, SUCK.
This will suck 200 times faster, though. That's like a straw compared to a fire hose.
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This will suck 200 times faster, though. That's like a straw compared to a fire hose.
Fire hoses don't suck. You need a more visual analogy.
Maybe something like this:
"That's like a tick compared to your mother!"
At least the tick shuts up occasionally...
It's sad when choosing an installation directory on your own qualifies you as an "advanced user."
Fire hoses don't suck.
They do at the other end.