Euclideon and Unlimited Detail - The future of Graphics?

So I was reading this month's Aussie issue of GameInformer and I stumbled upon a very interesting report of a humble company called Euclideon and their amazing piece of tech that could possibly revolutionize the way graphics are made and processed in regards to videogames.

Their engine is called Unlimited Detail and it works on the basis that instead of using polygons to render 3D images, they completely flip the script so to speak and use atoms that behave like its real life counterpart to produce well...graphics with 'Unlimited Detail.'

Apparently they made headlines in most of the gaming sphere but it was only recently that I had heard of them, anyway they have a Youtube vid that has already garnered over 2 million views.

Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00gAbgBu8R4

Check it out!

So I was reading this month's Aussie issue of GameInformer and I stumbled upon a very interesting report of a humble company called Euclideon and their amazing piece of tech that could possibly revolutionize the way graphics are made and processed in regards to videogames.

Their engine is called Unlimited Detail and it works on the basis that instead of using polygons to render 3D images, they completely flip the script so to speak and use atoms that behave like its real life counterpart to produce well...graphics with 'Unlimited Detail.'

Apparently they made headlines in most of the gaming sphere but it was only recently that I had heard of them, anyway they have a Youtube vid that has already garnered over 2 million views.

Here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=00gAbgBu8R4

Check it out!

Motroucet

Get ready dude. You will be eaten alive for posting this. Its very very old at this stage and everyone ehre knows about it and almost everyone hates it

Does this have something to do with voxel engines or something like that (I saw something that also claimed to be "the future of graphics - it was a dud)? I'm not too knowledgeable on the subject.

These "revolutionary" inventions are usually all duds or based on something that we already have. They're usually not very impressive.

Yup, its old and old. Its old as in its been around for a few months and its old in that the idea has been done many years ago.

They are very careful not to mention the downsides inherent with their system, namely the difficulty in making animations and the data requirements. A small level made up of that many particles ends up being terabytes worth of data.

It was new to me but their claims are simply out landish. Espcially since it would require processing of significantly more data than current systems are capable of handling.

Yup, its old and old. Its old as in its been around for a few months and its old in that the idea has been done many years ago.

They are very careful not to mention the downsides inherent with their system, namely the difficulty in making animations and the data requirements. A small level made up of that many particles ends up being terabytes worth of data.

XaosII

Euclideon themselves have been at this for over 2 years at this point. not a few months

It's an interesting concept but I doubt it'll see much use in the gaming industry. After all, why would game companies use some tech that wouldn't require you to upgrade your PC each year? The hardware companies (nvidia and AMD in particular) would run out of business.

The tech is bs on so many levels this article sums it up http://distressedwasteland.blogspot.com/2011/08/euclideon-unlimited-detail-fact-or.html

It's an interesting concept but I doubt it'll see much use in the gaming industry. After all, why would game companies use some tech that wouldn't require you to upgrade your PC each year? The hardware companies (nvidia and AMD in particular) would run out of business.

nameless12345

That's true nameless12345, you put up a very good point but then again it might open up new avenues for other hardware companies such as CPU manufacturers to make the best possible software processing chip.