The Carmack

[vitamin_D]

At Apple's Keynote during MacWorld Tokyo, John Carmack nonchalantly drop kicked the 3d gaming world to it's knees with a steel-booted punt to the groin.

Again.

This link will take you to an 18mb .asf vid cap of the event in question, which previews the "Doom 2000" engine.

Why is this important to filmmakers? Because it is the first tangible step on such a grand and obvious scale towards virtual actors and sets. William Gibson once wrote of garage Kubricks who would one day meticulously create worlds of unparallelled detail in which compelling characters will thrive -- that day is near.

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-jim
Cheese and Whine - Film Criticism, Better Than That Fat Guy -

[This message has been edited by vitamin_D (edited February 23, 2001).]

[vitamin_D]

...in case the above link doesn't work, here.