City Space from LivePlace - Photorealistic Virtual World
Wed, August 13, 2008
Well, this is insane!
It has been a while since I have seen something on the Net which has impressed me so much.
LivePlace have created a photo-realistic virtual world, City Space. Its rendering engine is built using OTOY and all computing is done in ‘the cloud’. It is claimed that the application will run on ANY browser on ANY spec device (mobiles included) with a plugin.
I suppose the premise is pretty much the same as Second Life etc. A virtual world where you can own spaces, customise them and make friends, but the graphics alone in this video of City Space are so engaging that it far outweighs secondlife. While secondlife brings interaction, City Space adds realism, and I think this is crucial. If we are to adopt virtual worlds, like many believe we will, they need to be erm…real.
Take 15mins out to watch this video. It is worth it.
Full report on City Space from TechCrunch
If this doesn’t get your EBIN juices flowing…then I quite simply don’t know what will!
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