Comments for "Mega-realistic Physics Animation" Video at VideoSift.com

By fissionchips

fissionchips (http://fissionchips.videosift.com) — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:46:43 -0800

The strength to stiffness ratio of the metals is too high, you can see it in the way the crane wobbles.

By choggie

choggie (http://www.videosift.com/member/choggie) — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 01:24:29 -0800

be nice, he's working on it, some constructive critique can be helpful

By dag

dag (http://dag.videosift.com) — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 01:51:28 -0800

Very cool. Is this being computed and rendered in real time?

By cybrbeast

cybrbeast (http://www.videosift.com/member/cybrbeast) — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 03:44:32 -0800

PhysX is a physics platform by Ageia, a company that produces a PPU (Physics Processing Unit), just like a GPU only for physics. With one of these cards it's possible to render this in real time.

By K0MMIE

K0MMIE (http://www.videosift.com/member/K0MMIE) — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 04:24:11 -0800

Yeah, but its hard pressed to spend ANOTHER couple hundred on another card for your computer after dropping a few hundred on a nice video card. Still neat technology

By cybrbeast

cybrbeast (http://www.videosift.com/member/cybrbeast) — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 05:00:47 -0800

Yes I agree, it is a bit over the top to buy a PPU, especially considering that only a few games really support it. I see more future in graphics cards taking over physics calculations.

By Thylan

Thylan (http://www.videosift.com/member/Thylan) — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 06:04:41 -0800

I see more future in consoles incorporating such a processor in some form.

By MarineGunrock

MarineGunrock (http://marinegunrock.videosift.com) — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 11:10:59 -0800

Actually, you can pick one up for $150. Also, NVidia is developing a standalone card as well.

By Abducted

Abducted (http://www.videosift.com/member/Abducted) — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 12:18:57 -0800

I see more future in multi-core processors taking over everything.
It's such a waste to have specified processors for these things. When one is used less it's just sitting there waiting for a job.
Now a 80-core processor could distribute tasks evenly onto all processors = no more bottlenecks.

By blankfist

blankfist (http://blankfist.videosift.com) — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 12:31:35 -0800

They built this in Flash.

By gwiz665

gwiz665 (http://www.videosift.com/member/gwiz665) — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:10:57 -0800

This was built with PhysX physics engine, formerly know as Novodex. It's a physics engine like Havok, but can utilize the PhysX add-in card, which is made by Ageia, and is indeed in real-time.

For now game developers only use it as eye-candy, though. Otherwise we'd all be "forced" to buy one of those. If someone made a mod for the software, present-dat videocards could render this in real-time as well.

By blankfist

blankfist (http://blankfist.videosift.com) — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 14:15:34 -0800

Nope, it was built in Microsoft Paint.

By gwiz665

gwiz665 (http://www.videosift.com/member/gwiz665) — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:14:08 -0800

We built this viddie on Rock & Roll!

By choggie

choggie (http://www.videosift.com/member/choggie) — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:56:08 -0800

well, whatever the hell, I want one...to make some cool Godzilla mooovies with...