MS shows Displacement Mapping @ GDC - With MATROX !

[PXR5]

oh hey
been a lurker here since getting my G400 MAX in Nov 99
and I can wait as long as it takes to get a Matrox™ upgrade for gaming.

Just thought it should be pointed out, for Xbit if no one else, that the 2 object's in Ant's .jpg are both rendered (displacement mapped) versions of the same low-poly mesh.
Sweeet.

---e

[Tempest]

Originally posted by Lemmin
Dammit! I want higher quality mpegs, theres lots of interesting looking text on the third one (overlayed on the image top left) that I'd love to be able to read!

There is a snapshot of that video too, and in it the text is pretty readable (although static, ofcourse)... What I got from it:

FA? - Toggle Text Display
L?? - Dynamic Tessellation (on)
C? - Tessellation Factor (320:1) (not sure about these numbers)
?? - Displacement Scale (1.30:1) (not sure about these numbers either)
YA? - Displacement Interpolation Type (linear)
TA? - Sun Angle 135,000000 degrees
Z/X - Sun Light Factor 1.000
C/V - Sky Light Factor 1,000
1/2 - Toggle Terrain & Sky Radiance Texture (on)
3/4 - Toggle Detail Color & Detail Horizon Map Texture (off) (could be "on" as well...)
5/6 - Toggle Normal Map & Horizon Map Texture (on)
7/8 - Toggle Clouds Texture (on)
W?S - Fill Mode (solid)
R?? - Fog (enabled)

[roadie]

woohoo i new that matrox and displacement mapping were going to kick up a storm

now we just have to wait for the proper matrox presentations

[az]

Was this demo really done in software, real-time? I don't think so, remember M's last software-rendered DM demo...

Maybe it was pre-rendered, but it didn't look like it... if it were pre-rendered, the turning of the lizard would have been much more fluidly (looked like someone turned it in real-time).

I think it was done in real-time on the soon™ to be announced card, but M didn't want to reveal it yet...

AZ

[TdB]

almost proper english...

more stuff from GDC:

http://www.warp2search.net/article.php?sid=3601&mode=thread&order=0

[Axel]

Hi,
if you are looking for more information about displacement mapping or directx 9:

http://www.3dconcept.ch/files/papers.htm

There are 2 powerpoint presentations, both shown at Meltdown 2001 from Microsoft and Matrox.

[xortam]

Thanks Axel.

[Joel]

Well according to the article above the presentation of Mr. Boyd from Microsoft was pleasantly interrrupted by a MATROX technician who showed the attendents a working presentation of "displacement mapping".

http://www.warp2search.net/article.php?sid=3601&mode=thread&order=0

Joel

[xortam]

warp2search

Déjà Vu.

[Wombat]

Actualization method of concrete form modification seems that differs every GPU, but when actualizing the N-PATCH, it is thought the ecad tessellation the way (polygon division) the mechanism is utilized.

Now <I>that</I> is a man that can speak jargon. Dear lord.

[omegaRED]

ROFLMAO!!!

[MetalCartman]

So..... where is the report from Matrox' own Displacement Mapping presentation at GDC?

The forums are so quiet today, dunno if that's a good or a bad sign...

[magog]

Originally posted by MetalCartman
So..... where is the report from Matrox' own Displacement Mapping presentation at GDC?

The forums are so quiet today, dunno if that's a good or a bad sign...

Yes, I wait also the whole day for some news!
Maybe the party after the presentation was to good and everyone has a hangover or a splitting headache!

[MetalCartman]

Maybe, but these guys should know how to avoid a hangover -> STAY DRUNK!

[ZokesPro]

Originally posted by MetalCartman
Maybe, but these guys should know how to avoid a hangover -> STAY DRUNK!

That won't look so good when you have to go to work!