Random video of the day...

[STiFU]

I laughed my ass off when they started dubsteppin. But thanks, didn't know

yet. Very funny too. ^^ A whole year older than "someone like me" though.

 

But well, if you consider that video stupid, check THIS out.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFQ5EpO7iHk

[Lux]

I'm sorry but that was really funny, STiFU.

[Arcturus]

Polish company Better Reality has developed an impressive scanning technology:

 

[Arcturus]

[Bikerdude]

Blimey, does the scanning tech create the model as well as the texture?

[Diego]

Pretty neat! That might be of some limited use for games.

[STiFU]

A quick google search didn't reveal any detailed information on those guys. This 3d Scene reconstruction is pretty hyped these days, though. Most companies use kinect sensors in a more or less calibrated fashion. On the IFA for example, I saw a company who had 3 kinect sensors on a rotating stand, one directed upwards, one downwards and one straight. The sensors would rotate 360 ° to scan the scene.

[Arcturus]

Blimey, does the scanning tech create the model as well as the texture?

It's basically the same technique I used here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxrP1TcdqDc

only on a much bigger scale. You take thousands of photos and the algorithm compares them to read the perspective and colour details. On some of the movies there are dark shadows baked, which raises questions on how to combine that with dynamic lighting. However last video from my previous post looks like one of those high dynamic range photos, especially the garbage. The room is pretty evenly lit, which leads me to think that they take multiple exposures or somehow correct brightness levels in the process.

Pretty neat! That might be of some limited use for games.

There's actually game being made called Get Even:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4dnw9dWISvw

It uses the same scanned locations. Apparently this video combines live footage with scans, hence the question "What is real?". My guess is that SWAT walking is live and the girl is scanned.

A quick google search didn't reveal any detailed information on those guys. This 3d Scene reconstruction is pretty hyped these days, though. Most companies use kinect sensors in a more or less calibrated fashion. On the IFA for example, I saw a company who had 3 kinect sensors on a rotating stand, one directed upwards, one downwards and one straight. The sensors would rotate 360 ° to scan the scene.

I read some interviews in Polish. The technology used to be called Thorskan but they changed it to Infomatrix3D. They say that those videos are outdated and that they scan whole streets using drones.

[lost_soul]

Edited January 18, 2014 by lost_soul

[Bikerdude]

That is extremely impressive.

[Lydecker]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xNAZFUyxQ3M

 

Rob is back. Nostalgia trip begins in 3...2...1...

Edited January 23, 2014 by Lydecker

[lost_soul]

 

People will port this game to ANYTHING... haha

[Airship Ballet]

Reminded me of this

 

[Bikerdude]

Reminded me of this

Hah, I see your 8 track floppy and raise you a 2 track tesla coil.

 

http://youtu.be/Ee5evlN8Bbs

[Airship Ballet]

Haha, wow. It's a shame they don't generate static, else you could use somebody's hair as a visualizer.

 

[lost_soul]

... and on that Doom note:

 

I wish he had asked John what he thinks of the various ports of Doom.

[Airship Ballet]

There does tend to be a lot left to wish for after watching or reading something put out by IGN =P

 

This was neat, though. It's quite telling that they're a lot more enjoyable/less robotic when they're not talking about something newly released that they reviewed favourably...

Edited January 24, 2014 by Airship Ballet

[Airship Ballet]

Aside from incredibly realistic sneeze animations being really funny, it's neat to see how dynamic the tech in this is.

 

Edited January 24, 2014 by Airship Ballet

[Bikerdude]

Aside from incredibly realistic sneeze animations being really funny, it's neat to see how dynamic the tech in this is.

That was awesome, here are some of the faces bhind the voices if you didnt recognise them already -

 

[Airship Ballet]

When you put them side-by-side like that, you get to see just how impressive it is.

 

It's surprising how many actors from L.A. Noire were already working in Mad Men when they were cast for it. It's worth watching just for Aaron Staton, if you haven't already. Brilliantly realistic and true to the period.

 

Edited January 24, 2014 by Airship Ballet

[lost_soul]

[SeriousToni]

They worked on those little screens?!

[lost_soul]

Yep, they even made a mobile version of that machine that had a ~6 inch screen! I don't think it had a battery though so it still was unusable as a real mobile device.

[SeriousToni]

haha - those silly old times ^^

[gnartsch]

They worked on those little screens?!

 

What?!?

What kind of monitor do you need for a machine that displays no more then 40*25characters? (320x200 pixles, 8-bit colour)

Seems like you entirely missed the computer-stonerage !

Hmmmm... I would like to fire up my own once again, but it used to roast my TVs all the time.

I still have it, though.