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Can Games Look Real Today?

is this real?

by Ben Reeves on August 02, 2011 at 04:34 PM

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An Australian company named Euclideon claims that it has figured out how to make games look 100,000 times better by getting rid of polygons.

Euclideon was formed in May of 2010 in Brisbane Australia. It’s Unlimited Detail method can supposedly display unlimited point cloud data in real time – meaning that game environments would no longer need to be made out of polygons, but could be made out of tiny atoms, dramatically improving the level of detail in a game. The following video, narrated by Euclideon CEO Bruce Robert Dell, describes the process rather well. We’d don’t know much more about this technology at this time. Does this really work as well as it looks like it does? Or is Euclideon putting us all on a bit? We can’t wait to find out.

[Thanks to Clay Masoner for the news tip]

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by DanoBx Tuesday, August 02, 2011 at 04:42 PM

Looks like Fallout :/
by Mourt Tuesday, August 02, 2011 at 04:43 PM

Notch says on his tumblr that they're putting us all on a little. Not entirely. Basically that the tech exists and has existed but isn't quite up to what the Euclideon folks say it is. While I'm sure he's not the only one voicing an opinion like that, I'm too lazy to look for others. His 'review' is up at notch.tumblr.com
by Anticitizen-One Tuesday, August 02, 2011 at 04:43 PM

I'm no computer guru but would this eventually reach consoles? It sounds interesting but I always thought the next step for the next generation of consoles would be adding something like DX11 to consoles, but is that even possible?? I mean a 60 fps first person shooter running at native 1080p on consoles? Or am I wrongfully dreaming?
by Agano25 Tuesday, August 02, 2011 at 04:44 PM

Interesting, VERY interesting.
by doomhunter13 Tuesday, August 02, 2011 at 04:46 PM

I remember when I looked at CG trailers an thought, "Wow games are going to look like this soon." I'm not gonna get my hopes up.
by Abertix24 Tuesday, August 02, 2011 at 04:47 PM

While I would like for this to happen on the next-gen consoles, I don't think it will. I mean the graphics will be amazing, just like right now, but I don't think we'll be able to see something like this for a while.
by The guy who is meh Tuesday, August 02, 2011 at 04:48 PM

PC games can look real, not consoles. Well, not the current gen consoles...
by biged720 Tuesday, August 02, 2011 at 04:50 PM

huh wats up with the way the CEO talks? I have to much questions ahhhhh@!!!! $%@#!!!
by CommanderShishKebab Tuesday, August 02, 2011 at 04:50 PM

wow this is REALLY cool
by Alex Tuesday, August 02, 2011 at 04:51 PM

The whole scanning process I thought was very interesting, and if all of this can be used with graphic engines like the unreal engine I think it would look very good.
by Chance Tuesday, August 02, 2011 at 04:51 PM

Amazing... I really hope this is real. Its actually a bit creepy, considering the real world is made out of atoms.
by Agmar Tuesday, August 02, 2011 at 04:51 PM

Simply amazing.
by Cody LaCrone Tuesday, August 02, 2011 at 04:51 PM

Very Nice!
by Ben6724 Tuesday, August 02, 2011 at 04:52 PM

They can make models with no polygons but they can't release a video in HD?
by JumpinJakeFlash Tuesday, August 02, 2011 at 04:52 PM

This really intrigued me but until i can see this in a moving image not just different views of a still image I wont be all that impressed ( or it could be my screen idk)
by Sam Adams Tuesday, August 02, 2011 at 04:53 PM

Umm, this sounds amazing! But the ground and trees and grass still look like crap "but that may be because we (they) aren't a game company" Plus this sounds extremely expensive, this will definitely make the price of what I expect to call Atom Games vs Polygon games very more expensive.
by issue1987 Tuesday, August 02, 2011 at 04:54 PM

Wow! I'm pretty excited to see this Tech utilized by game developers. He's right.. everything these days does still look like junk!
by El Minty Tuesday, August 02, 2011 at 04:55 PM

I sincerely hope this is feasible and can be implemented into games ASAP.
by Nate77 Tuesday, August 02, 2011 at 04:55 PM

Looks pretty dope!!
by ZoMbIEx23x Tuesday, August 02, 2011 at 04:56 PM

This would be very cool, i'd be interested to see what it looks like with better lighting and artists making something out of it. The picture the elephant at the top of the page reminded me of Turok: Evolution at first glance. I would be very interested to hear more from this. Please keep an eye on this Game Informer.