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Dreamworks and Carmack Discuss 3D and Threading At IDF
MojoKid writes "At the Intel Developer Forum, VP and GM of Intel's Software and Solutions group, Renee James, wheeled out a few celebrities of the 3D world, namely Jeffrey Katzenberg of Dreamworks and John Carmack of id Software. According to Katzenberg, film directors Robert Zemeckis, James Cameron, Peter Jackson, Steven Spielberg, and George Lucas are all 'working in 3D now.' Katzenberg specifically showcased the Dreamworks film Kung Fu Panda, which was rendered in 3D, and then spoke of the first 3D, CG animated film they'll be releasing in March '09, titled Monsters vs. Aliens. Then came John Carmack, co-owner and Technical Director of id Software, who ran a demo of their still-in-development, post-apocalyptic game, Rage. Carmack talked briefly about the different ways that the game utilizes threading and multi-core support."
A webcast of the full 50+ minute presentation is available at the IDF page. Renee James' presentation is on day two. A full transcript (PDF) is also available.
Maybe this time at least you'll be able to pick up a roll of duct tape (by running your character over it, natch) so that you can use your gun AND the flashlight.
Seriously though, I want rage and Doom 4. I might be a company loyalist by buying and liking id games, but since the third grade I've been playing their games.
Have you noticed that you've been playing the same games, just with incrementally improved graphics, since third grade?
Length, Width, Depth - only? What about the fourth dimension: Time? Are these going to be just static screens? It should be 4D.
Why do I have the feeling that I may have accidentally created another annoying marketing term?
Well obviously they're talking about 3 space dimensions, which time is not. But if you want to use your same logic you could argue that by 3D they really mean 2D animation.
You just got troll'd!
Title should read "stereo", not "3D". Right now it is misleading.
When talking about computer graphics, "3D" generally means that the image is rendered from data that represents a 3-dimensional model. As opposed to "2D" where the data is already images.
What they are talking about is depth perception of the final film, and "stereo" is probably the best way to describe that, even if you use a technology that results in more than 2 pictures.
Whatever, we'll just wait until they open source their games after some time on market, and then port them to Linux:) Until then, I play IOQuake3! (Which is not a proper example, as it was ported from Linux' Q3).