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Making Graphics In Games '100,000 Times' Better?

Posted by Soulskill on from the future-of-gaming-or-complete-bunk dept.

trawg writes "A small Australian software company — backed by almost AUD$2 million in government assistance — is claiming they've developed a new technology which is '100,000 times better' for computer game graphics. It's not clear what exactly is getting multiplied, but they apparently 'make everything out of tiny little atoms instead of flat panels.' They've posted a video to YouTube which shows their new tech, which is apparently running at 20 FPS in software. It's (very) light on the technical details, and extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, but they say an SDK is due in a few months — so stay tuned for more." John Carmack had this to say about the company's claims: "No chance of a game on current gen systems, but maybe several years from now. Production issues will be challenging."

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  1. I call bullshit by Sycraft-fu · · Score: 5, Insightful

    If they really could do realtime graphics that were "100,000 times" more detailed than current stuff, they'd do one of two things:

    1) Release a demo so people could actually try it and see it working on their systems, to prove it was real. Or more likely...

    2) License that shit to a company in the industry. Intel would be extremely interested if it ran on CPUs as they'd love for people to spend more money on CPUs and none on GPUs. Any game engine maker would be extremely interested either way. Wouldn't matter if things still had to be hammered out, at the point they claim to be, that would be more than plenty to sign a licensing deal and get to work.

    So I'm calling bullshit and saying it is a con. This is classic con man strategy: You show a demo, but one that is hands off, where the people watching only get to see what you want them to see and don't actually get to play with your product. You make all sorts of claims as to how damn amazing it is, but nobody actually gets to try it out.

    This has been a con tactic for centuries, I've no reason to believe it is any different here.

    So to them I say: Put up or shut up. Either release a demo people can download that will let them see this run on their own systems, or get a reputable company to license it. If Intel comes out and says "This is for real, we've licensed the technology and will be releasing a SDK for people as soon as it is ready," I'll believe them, as they have a history of delivering on promises. So long as it is some random guys posting Youtube videos, I call bullshit.

  2. Re:animaaaation by daid303 · · Score: 5, Informative

    Which is the whole trick, this was shown off at least a year ago, it pops up now and then.

    The tech precalculates a LOT, for that it needs static model information.
    The site of the creators is http://unlimiteddetailtechnology.com/

    http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=11624.30 they talked about it last year.