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Carmack Speaks On Ray Tracing, Future id Engines
Vigile writes "As a matter of principle, when legendary game programmer John Carmack speaks, the entire industry listens. In a recent interview he comments on a multitude of topics starting with information about Intel, their ray tracing research and upcoming Larrabee GPU. Carmack seems to think that Intel's direction using traditional ray tracing methods is not going to work and instead theorizes that using ray casting to traverse a new data structure he is developing is the best course of action. The 'sparse voxel octree' that Carmack discusses would allow for 'unique geometry down to the equivalent of the texel across everything.' He goes on to discuss other topics like the hardware necessary to efficiently process his new data structure, translation to consoles, multi-GPU PC gaming and even the world of hardware physics."
It as if hundreds of ray tracing fanboys cried out at once, and were silenced.
Knowledge is how to play a game, intelligence is how to win, wisdom is knowing what game to play.
Don't feel bad, he has probably never heard of you either.
Hi, I Boris. Hear fix bear, yes?
...*MORE SHADES OF BLACK*??!!
So, let me get this straight, intel says their baby is the best. Nvidia says theirs is the best. And Carmack is making his own, and saying his is the best. Wow, these articles have all been so informative. I could not possibly have predicted those outcomes.
What do you mean he's not God? Isn't that heresy? (Or was that written by someone else?)
It's a small world and it smells funny; I'd buy another if it wasn't for the money; Take back what I paid (SoM)
In other news, all games will now consist of reflective spheres moving around on checkerboards...
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It's like, how much more black could this be? And the answer is none. None more black.
In 1996, Quake set the fashion for brown shooters. In 2004, for Doom 3, black was the new brown.
The Church of Carmack condemns your post, a profuse apology and confession is now your only hope to salvation. Belief in ray casting will put you down the road to truth and righteousness! But seriously, Carmack created the FPS genre and is still a leader, which makes him one of the most experienced in his field, so, you know, that kind of helps in creating a "god-like" status, or if your still skeptical, a "mini-god" status. okay, how is "almost-god" sound? At least put the word "God" and "Carmack" in the same sentence somewhere, preferably next to each other...
I am inclined to agree, provided the right term is use and in my case that would be Newbie.
RTFA, you didn't understand what the guy who wrote the article was saying.
Dude, you got pwned by JOHN CARMACK!
Huh, I always figured John Carmack would have a sub 1000 uid. Preconceptions have been shattered!