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#1 2011-08-30 20:37:34

Bahn
Pilgrim
Registered: 2011-02-12
Posts: 3

Tad Williams called it... it's coming.

I know we're all excited about the upcoming Otherland MMORG...
But watch this video, I give a real life 'Jongleur' about 10 years and Otherland is reality.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00gAbgBu8R4

Be sure to watch this in HD. ;)

Last edited by Bahn (2011-08-30 20:38:24)

 

#2 2011-09-03 19:24:47

Firsfron of Ronchester
Mantis
From: Ronchester
Registered: 2001-06-04
Posts: 9191
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Re: Tad Williams called it... it's coming.

Incredible video. Thanks for posting this. My concern is: what about lag? Will creating everything in atoms instead of polygons just cause the game to have a lot more lag over networks?

It does remind me of the way visual detail is conveyed in Otherland.

 

#3 2011-11-15 10:00:23

Maple
Pilgrim
Registered: 2011-11-15
Posts: 1

Re: Tad Williams called it... it's coming.

I forgot to watch in HD!!!!

In the real world, electrons are affected by electrons that are impossibly far-away. Maybe they used this to compact the positions and configurations of each atom into the configurations of a minority of the atoms. Or maybe they developed a new method of processing voxels into visual data. What I look-forward to seeing is "real" water.

*insert epic music*
I think it's legit.

Video makes me think of my aunt, who says that speaking through a microphone is not "real", and that clicking a mouse is not "real", and that using a spoon is not "real", and that wearing gloves is not "real", and that waiting for the brain signals to reach your arm is not "real", and that hearing the speech-vibrations created from someone else is not "real". Going back to this "Am I me?" post that I read an hour ago, I believe I am inspired to write my response to his question.

 

 

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