Comments on: OptiTrack Interview: Delivering Affordable Motion Capture Solutions For The Video Games Industry

By: Dangerousjo 1985

Dangerousjo 1985 — Thu, 17 Jul 2014 02:18:00 +0000

As long as the new consoles look better then the last gen,which they easily do ,I’m very happy..

By: Bliss Seeker

Bliss Seeker — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 22:18:00 +0000

In reply to Bourbon Tango. Thanks.

By: Bourbon Tango

Bourbon Tango — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 16:34:00 +0000

In reply to Bliss Seeker. Title is pandering and sensationalized—but the article itself is less about the obvious (derp, can't solve and render Avatar in real-time, derp) and more about the differences in game vs. film mocap pipelines.

By: Kumomeme

Kumomeme — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 15:08:00 +0000

ofcourse its…not only avatar..but current gaming technology still far cry from what cgi capable to do…either console of pc…not mention the rendering process creating for cgi not only take from hours to days also might even to weeks… by using lots of high end pc with awesome cooling…the tech using in avatar also start of the art..from facial to motions…im not cgi guys…but these stuff can be known from various source
only idiot here suddenly starting fanboy detabates..either pc or console fanboys….stop arguing over stupid debates

By: Bliss Seeker

Bliss Seeker — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 14:46:00 +0000

Didn’t read the article because of the title…
It would require hundreds of top of the range graphic rendering workstations to even render a scene in lesser time; and just one could cost thousands of dollars! It would take hours or even days for one top of the range PC to even render one frame of an object in a scene – let alone a whole scene!

By: Kamille

Kamille — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 13:40:00 +0000

In reply to Guest. lol what?

By: Guest

Guest — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 13:37:00 +0000

In reply to Dirkster_Dude. And now you know why cloud computing has such a bright future ahead.

By: Kamille

Kamille — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 13:36:00 +0000

CGI films are rendered with insane detail on hundreds of high-end PC’s at the same time and they often take petabytes to store and terabytes of ram. Not even in the next 50 years any PC or game console will be able to render all that detail in real-time let alone Avatar’s kind of detail where they are simulating every aspect of real life to the maximum detail possible.

By: Dirkster_Dude

Dirkster_Dude — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 13:28:00 +0000

If it still takes hours or days for much of the motion capture technology to be rendered it is unlikely any console not specifically designed for it can be made to do it in the near future because the console hardware specifications don’t change over time. Think about $6 grand PCs that are designed for clustered computing to help the rendering process. In other words multiple computers working together to take hours or days to make a useful frame. This guy isn’t talking about just a single PC that an enthusiast or rich person could buy. They are talking about a set up like Bill Gates was once rumored to have to control his entire mansion. Your are talking 20-30 high end out of this world PCs. There could be some breakthrough that the next generation of consoles can take advantage of, but right now this looks like it will take another 2 or 3 console generations at least.

By: Rooster41

Rooster41 — Wed, 16 Jul 2014 13:21:00 +0000

Games like Ryse Son of Rome and The Order 1886 already have Pixar quality graphics, so yeah the Xbox One and PS4 games are pretty close to having Avatar’s graphics