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Activision shows off next-gen visuals

Today during a GDC panel, Activision technical director Jorge Jimenez offered a glimpse into what next-generation characters could look like.

The developer's technical talk focused on the the processes of creating realistic-looking characters without reaching the uncanny valley. Jimenez explained that the product of better visuals will be the capacity to tell stories with greater emotional impact.

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Gamer-404678d ago

This true next-gen quality, awesome.

iGAM3R-VIII4678d ago

This definetly looks like an amazing engine, what ever it is

NewMonday4677d ago

what is it with tech demonstrations and old/ugly men?

Cupid_Viper_34677d ago

I just hope that all those people who ridiculed David Cage's presentation of an "Old Man's Head" will ridicule Activision and Nvidia as well.

But we all know that won't happen, it's only a problem because Cage makes game exclusively for PlayStation platforms.

On Topic.... I really like all this focus on more real to life characters that we're now seeing. Hopefully this will allows for games this gen to have actual story driven games, with really engaging characters that can convey all sorts of emotions. Especially with more and more holywood stars warming up to gaming. Defoe, Ellen, Michael Williams (Omar), and Sutherland to name a few.

M-M4677d ago

@newmonday, I think it has to do with shadows, lighting, and detail. Yound people generally have smooth faces with little detail, while with old people they can showcase wrinkles(it also shows how their engine uses shadows). Those wrinkles can also help further express the person's facial expressions.

LightofDarkness4677d ago

Yes, this also happened at the start of this generation with black faces. The new specular and diffuse lighting on characters allowed them to finally create believable looking dark skinned characters, so almost every tech demo featured someone with dark skin.

Good_Guy_Jamal4677d ago

@cupid viper. It's a problem because David Cage believes all gaming that isn't done his way isn't mature or is holding gaming back.
David Cage is just a pretentious oaf who believes his farts are gold in gas state.

Muerte24944677d ago

I don't believe he's pretentious. I think he's has a different point of view when it comes to mature gaming. Also your comment failed to address Cupid_Viper's statement. People were misconstruing his presentation saying that he was all about graphics. When, in fact, he said that it add to the authenticity of a character's performance.

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ijust2good4677d ago

Why is it they always show these tech demos with heads only and mostly of bald people? Im guessing most of the hardware power is being used to render the face only in real time and incapable of rendering entire body let alone the ingame world. These stupid tech demos need to stop. Its been done back in 2008. Nothing new. Its obvious these tech demos are not capable in real world scenarios in real time. This will never be done in a game unless its a game that only has faces. Bald faces. Its takes entire resources to run it, hardwares of today wouldnt have enough power to render the world and physics ect. What a joke. Tech demos to promote video games should be banned.

CGI-Quality4677d ago

No what's obvious is your lack of understanding in this field. As tech improves, a DEMO of an engine is where things start. If you don't "like" these, avoid them. But they are hardly "stupid".

ijust2good4677d ago (Edited 4677d ago )

@CGI-Quality

yes, i know tech demos are usually used as near target for devs but come on...they shouldn't show an entire hardware rendered on head which in game is something devs will never do.

Do u realize that type of rendering has been done before. It uses entire computation power to render the head. It is NOT practical to use in a game. You have no more power to render the entire body, let alone the game world such as landscape, physics & AI.

Crysis 3 couldn't handle this, neither could BF4 & Killzone SF. This is just to showoff what a machine can do when it uses entire hardware power to render the face. A pointless showcase to show off to consumers and very misleading.

Even the new Assasins creed 4 trailer showed CGI, it looked nothing good as this tech demo in the facial department but it certainly looked better than the actual Real time AC4 gameplay they showcases resonantly.

So yes, im well aware of this type of rendering back in 2008. It won't happen next gen console or a high end PC of today or tommorow. The realistic modelling of Avatar movie to render the face, body and the world required thousands of powerful computers in a farm sized area and it was CGI. No way a next gen console let alone the most powerful consumer PC on the market will render that face with the body, physics, AI and the game world in real time. Making this face tech demo pointless to show the world.

cannon88004677d ago (Edited 4677d ago )

I'm having a hard time believing that the last video has to do with activision at all, because I saw this at the nvidia press conference a few days ago. The demo was running on a geforce gtx titan. Here is the link http://www.youtube.com/watc...

From what I understand that last video is about a tech demo called digital ira

this is bullcrap gamespot! Fooling people into thinking that the video is actual gameplay footage from a next gen cod game. Remove this crap asap.

cannon88004677d ago

crap never mind I guess this might have to do with activision. I watched the rolling credits after the video.

Snookies124677d ago

The mouth is a little odd when he opens it, but other than that, this tech is absolutely amazing! I don't like the way Activision handles Call of Duty, but honestly... They deserve props for this.

freezola754677d ago (Edited 4677d ago )

Hey look David Cage, we got our own old dude too! LOL

looks cool I guess. Peace

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DwightOwen4678d ago (Edited 4678d ago )

Looks fantastic, much better than the boring old man demo. I'm anxious to see how it carries over to an actual game. Will there be any loss of detail or fidelity? I hope not. If nothing else, cutscenes are going to be hella fun to watch over the next several years.

Upbeat4678d ago

WOW THEY DID SOMTHING TO ADVANCE THEIR GAMES ! JESUS I never thought id live to see the day.

Id happily bet this engine will be all they advance until the ps5 lol

Knightofelemia4678d ago

Wow their so life like and the detail looks great. You couldn't tell they were done with a computer. That does it I want the next gen consoles now.

Bathyj4677d ago

What is it with tech demos and old men? Is it the wrinkles?

ironfist924677d ago

You see more detail and more movement, its basically showing more off what the engine can do.

Bathyj4677d ago

Yeah, I know. But you wanna impress me, do a demo of 20 year old Jessica alba

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Kotick claims lawsuit objecting to MS-Activision deal was "tied to Embracer's desire to boost sales"

Former CEO describes lawsuit filed by Swedish pension fund as a "collateral attack" on Activision Blizzard.

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Yeah, the Microsoft deal has DEFINITELY worked out for everyone.

galgor1d 2h ago

Can this mother fucker just get lost already

PRIMORDUS1d 1h ago

He belongs in here ⚰️, hopefully sooner than later.

MrDead10h ago(Edited 10h ago)

Kotick Made $155 million from MS in the buyout, the little b*tch needs to stop whining. Thanks to this Microslop deal and massive industry consolidation thousands upon thousands of devs and other workers lost their livelihoods. This greedy piggie pervert needs shut up and f-off.

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Microsoft needs to listen or risk irreparable harm to Call of Duty

Windows Central: "The money may keep rolling in, but Microsoft is the custodian of one of the biggest selling video game series in history. If something doesn't change, I fear we'll reach a breaking point and irreparable damage will have been done."

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StoneTitan51d ago

Because ms is so good at managing studios, surely they will get it right

:P

franwex51d ago

In my view, they should probably merge MP with Warzone and essentially make it free to play like Halo Infinite. The campaign/zombies mode can be $30 yearly DLC. I know this would be insanity as most COD players essentially pay the full price of the game simply for the MP. However-with a shrinking player base they may have to consider it. Making it free would bring in a ton of players.

Profchaos51d ago

To late MW3 should have been a lesson but here we are two years later with a steaming pile a shite called blops7

bsingle4051d ago

Nothing lasts forever, eventually something will come along to make people forget about COD

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1Victor51d ago (Edited 51d ago )

@Oumba:”We’ve heard that story many times before 😂”
You know what we seen many times good franchises been run into the ground by bad management like h___o , f___a and most of the sports game oh I forgot the dynasty warriors
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MDTunkown51d ago

Halo killer once arrived and technically call of duty killer also arrived, its name is Fortnite

dveio51d ago

Call of Duty was riding the revenue horse and charts for ~20 years. Whether undeserved or deserved.

But I endorse everyone to remind you that Microsoft could have decided differently when they took it over.

The money was certainly there, and they could have taken their time revamping the franchise:

Current-gen tech, manageable microtransactions, not imitating Fortnite and returning to core values of the franchise's origin.

They didn't.

Let's see next year. Hopefully without the then 13 years old PS4 and One hardware.

blacktiger51d ago

you need to stop saying "let see next year"

XBManiac51d ago

dveo is an alias of Phil Spencer?

XBManiac51d ago

dveio is an alias of Phil Spencer?

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Xbox May Update: Retro Classics Come to Xbox Game Pass, PC Gaming Updates, and More

A variety of new updates are available this month across the gaming platforms. Coming today, Retro Classics games are available to play for Xbox Game Pass members. Players who stream on the Xbox app on PC now have an additional streaming option with GeForce Now. Game Bar introduces quick settings, visual updates for Widgets in Compact Mode, and coming soon, Microsoft Edge Game Assist, an in-game browser that brings an immersive game-centric experience to Edge. And Xbox gift cards can now be redeemed for any amount via Xbox Rewards.

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While i appreciate the gesture.... all of these retro classics have been made available everywhere else. I am hoping to see some other Activision properties make their way out of the shackles of the 5th, 6th and 7th gen. Licensing be damned... bring back the Transformers Cybertron games.

P_Bomb240d ago

Love the Cybertron games! TF games have been shit lately. Would love to see that era revisited. I even did the multiplayer!

MrBaskerville239d ago

Is the retro classics for all consoles?

Obscure_Observer240d ago

Metaphor on Gamepass just announced! O.o

Seriously, this is the best generation of Xbox ever!!!

We can´t catch a freaking break from awesome games arriving all the time!!!

Deathdeliverer240d ago

It’s a HELL of a game. If you like JRPGs in the family of Persona, you will be in heaven… that is until you hear the various battle music…. then you’ll be somewhere BEYOND heaven!

babadivad239d ago

Just finished Clair Obscur. This should be fun.