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Re: Intel Developer Forum 2010 Day 2 Coverage

animatortom — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 08:56:21 GMT

Man what a bunch of smoke and mirrors! they would never be able to get away with that at Siggraph!

They really make the animations impressive when they have all the secondary dynamics already calculated and rendered out! If that guy was actually in front of the computer and doing that in real time then I would have been impressed. At best he was in front of it just compositing multiple animated layers together of the troll. The cloth and Fur dynamics on the Troll and the dress still have to be run through the simulation process even during playback. I can tend to believe that it will be super fast playing back in the view ports. But they make it seem like you are going to be able to create that within the computer with a push of the button?

The cloth on the dress just seems like they have the Tension Bias up to high. They could have easily used a denim modifier on the left and a silk setting on the right. That is exactly what it looks like. Doesn't have much to do with the processors, one just may calculate the simulation faster than the other. But when scrolled through and played back they will be the same. Also if you use segment sectioning instead of the now common delaunay tessellation on the mesh, that would be the very noticeable difference to anyone who uses cloth.

At least the ridged dynamics makes more sense! With that you can see that one script can run with reaction to the impacts on the bridge. That kind of engine is built into most games, and if it doesn't use sectional animations pre-stored, then it can still use particle effectors built into the grenades. Yet cloth which has multiple directions and forces pushing and pulling in all directions, it is to tricky to do in real time. When we change a leg or arm and move the character around, we always have to update the calculations before we can play it back like that.

So I am sure they had a wizard behind the curtain:P

I like the Dell Tabletop though!

Re: Intel Developer Forum 2010 Day 1 CEO Keynote Coverage

animatortom — Thu, 16 Sep 2010 08:04:39 GMT

For a moment there I thought I was looking at a Logitech Tablet?

The ten core processors sure are pretty cool! I would love to see what two of those could do on a single board with about 128GB of ram! It would basically be like having a mini production studio in your home. I am sure it will also cost you about 12K like it does now? But you can bet all the studios will be buying these up! Just wish they would pass the profit margin down to the average consumer instead of making us pay the same price as Dreamworks:P

You will probably need it if they are going to have software that is going to have to sort out mounds of MoCap data. It does seem like we are getting to that undreamed of state when it comes to unlimited computing power! I just wish they would release the full form of the technology that they got from Roswell now, instead of feeding us a little bit at a time:P I am sure all major CEO's work for FTD :P

At this rate, hopefully by this time next year those of us with the actual ideas can get our own movies made and finally put Hollywood to rest! I am still being amazed by what this Intel I7-875K can do. What used to take three weeks now gets rendered within two hours, and instead of 1080p@72dpi...I can render in 1080p@600dpi! Thanks again Hot Hardware :)

Re: Intel Core i7-875K and i5-655K Unlocked Processors

animatortom — Sun, 06 Jun 2010 18:41:58 GMT

These do look interesting.

Put one in the six core category then make it around 3Bills, then we can talk!

Not being an overclocker, these don't have much appeal coupled with the price-performance ratio compared to the competition.

Re: Intel Levies Heavy CPU Price Reductions

Dev — Tue, 22 Apr 2008 22:39:37 GMT

I'm still stuck with a AMD 3700+, The problem for me to upgrade is the invisible cost. A new motherboard and new RAM aren't cheap either. I doubt AMD is going to go bust, still Intel's dominance is gaining solidarity.

-Dev