Geomerics Enlighten GDC 2008 Workflow Video (Version 2)

[KittenKiller]

Runs on 360?

[HostelEffect]

@KittenKiller

It's being used with games in development right now for all platforms. Even though enlighten has been around for 2 years, it recently became available and nearly every big and small developer has jumped on it. This is a big breakthrough in real-time graphics. It's also being used in Battlefield 3!

[Contra2001]

Hey this isn't Good ...... It's Only IMPRESSIVE ...

[iFubar]

yeah, nice ... I need to check this out too

[ghostvillage1]

i want this programm!!!!!!!

[Terabytekit]

pay

pay

[Drewskad00d]

Wow, I'm going to look into this. :)

[Th3Direct0r]

Beyond impressive. Do any games have this yet?

[durge666]

EVE Online's Ambulation expansion will be the first game to use it.

[iterativechaos]

D Hestenes ftw

[iterativechaos]

to explain: David Hestenes, long-time prof of math/physics stuff at ASU, has been working on Geometric Calculus in physics, which led in large part to this EM-modelling based breakthrough on the part of Chris Doran and his new company (kudos).

[rndmcnlly]

I'm glad someone else knows what is behind these pretty pictures!

Personally, I think the biggest wins of geometric algebra will be in higher dimensional models (more than 3D space) such as physical configuration spaces in engineering or data spaces in data mining.

[iterativechaos]

hmm. interesting

I am now compelled to look into that.  I know lots of uses for GA but haven't really come across that one yet, surprising,..

[jontecool92]

that's so Smeckseh :D

[CharlesBabbageJR]

Great

[Strike86]

Seriously sexy stuff, I'm impressed.

[Chronosaur]

urr... I think I just weed myself...

[syntaxical]

Me and a friend just spent the last two minutes going, 'weyooo!' as if we were watching some '66 cup final. GUI sliders shouldn't evoke that kind of enthusiasm... ...Such nerdery.

[houghtonlu5]

wtf..... if some 1 noes can you send me a message what is this is it a game what can you do and what console or consoles is it for send me a answer 2 any of them plz

[Newbold147]

If i'm correct its a kinda plug-in for game developers... They basically show the engine off at events like the GDC in hope of selling it to game developers.

[xanarkandXX]

real-time lighting engine!

[undivided809]

yes. it's a lighting engine. not a plugin. a whole new engine altogether

[KillahMate]

Well, as I understand it it's lighting *middleware*, so it is kind of a plugin. Their webpage goes into detail, but basically it's a piece of code that you give your light and geometry information to and it returns the calculated reflections. It only does light, full graphics engines do light and a lot of other stuff. For example, Epic bought the Enlighten for use in a newer version of the Unreal 3 engine. So the engine is still U3, they just replaced (or augmented) the lighting with this thing.

[undivided809]

yeah. you're right. it's a middle ware.

[ahgamiet]

Very impressive!!!

[doverman2]

damn awesome