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Intel and DreamWorks Working On Rendering Animation In Real-Time

Posted by samzenpus on from the not-your-grandma's-cartoons dept.

PolygamousRanchKid writes "This week while speaking at the Techonomy conference, DreamWorks Animation CEO Jeffrey Katzenberg told audience members that they'd formulated the solution for real-time rendering of animation for video. Katzenberg told the audience that they'd been working hand-in-hand with Intel in order to rewrite their software to take advantage of scalable multi-core processors, this allowing them to achieve advances that will, for lack of a better term, revolutionize the animation process."

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  1. Wonderful by Moheeheeko · · Score: 5, Funny

    Because we all want them to pump out more Shrek films as fast as possible amirite?

    1. Re:Wonderful by need4mospd · · Score: 5, Funny

      Maybe if rendering time wasn't an issue, they could focus more on plot, character development, and....ah who the fuck am I kidding. Maybe we could see more animated boobs.

  2. Wrist Straing by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Homer: Uh, I guess. Is this episode going on the air live?
    June Bellamy: No, Homer. Very few cartoons are broadcast live. It's a terrible strain on the animators' wrists.

  3. Re:Which is it? by jeffeb3 · · Score: 5, Funny

    What's the difference?