Fox Engine Lighting Demo from Kojima Productions

SirCalalot

Half of these images are computer-generated in real-time. The other half are photographs.



WHATTHEFUNKMYBRAIN!

Apparently it's to show off Kojima Production's dynamic lighting techniques so that moveable objects blend better with static scenes.

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Edit: I never know where to post these types of threads on Polycount.

pseudoBug

Crazy. Figured out which one was fake, but it too me quite a few second looks.

So good.

Probably belongs in tech or awesome thread.

CrazyMatt

Amazing! What gave it away for me though was the shadows casting from the chairs to the carpet floor. :P

aivanov

Meh. One can easily pull out all the graphical stops for one tiny static scene.

Come back when it's providing the same level of graphical fidelity and believability in a large, moving environment with lots of on-screen interaction.

I'm betting that between a low framerate (almost a given) and the same uncanny-valley-esque animation that the industry has yet to vanquish, it'll look like any other current-gen game in action. And will be probably buried under six layers of unnecessary motion blur and other post effects.

pseudoBug

aivanov wrote: »

Meh. One can easily pull out all the graphical stops for one tiny static scene.

Come back when it's providing the same level of graphical fidelity and believability in a large, moving environment with lots of on-screen interaction.

I'm betting that between a low framerate (almost a given) and the same uncanny-valley-esque animation that the industry has yet to vanquish, it'll look like any other current-gen game in action. And will be probably buried under six layers of unnecessary motion blur and other post effects.

Hehe. Very true. Reminds me of a recent statement someone made of a similar nature that I wholeheartedly agree with. Wish I had saved it. Will have to go try to dig it up.

almighty_gir

what gave it away for me was the aliasing.

pseudoBug

For me it was Aliasing, hot spot imperfection, and shadows. I should have just look at the shadows first though. That usually gives anything away.

Habboi

My eyes immediately went to the bottom right because of the chairs. They still look like CG.

Computron

Non varying width for the ambient occlusion gave it away INSTANTLY.

Bibendum

IKEA the game.

SirCalalot

Bibendum wrote: »

IKEA the game.

I'm willing to finance such a project personally.

Shade117 pro

SirCalalot wrote: »

Bibendum wrote: »

IKEA the game.

I'm willing to finance such a project personally.

Just needs meatballs.

fearian

As my girlfriend said yesterday: "why do people build boring places like warehouses and building sites? They should make IKEA! I want to play an IKEA game!"


Kojima's got you covered.

ambershee

aivanov wrote: »

Meh. One can easily pull out all the graphical stops for one tiny static scene.

Come back when it's providing the same level of graphical fidelity and believability in a large, moving environment with lots of on-screen interaction.

I'm betting that between a low framerate (almost a given) and the same uncanny-valley-esque animation that the industry has yet to vanquish, it'll look like any other current-gen game in action. And will be probably buried under six layers of unnecessary motion blur and other post effects.

This was my impression too. The thing is, the materials in the scene are also very easy to reproduce in real time shaders due to their simplicity and general uniformity. Smooth white walls? 'Spot' style lighting?

Put a large jug of water in the middle of the table, and all of a sudden the difference is going to be pretty obvious.

Ged

lol yeah seems like a simple static scene, baked lighting and shadows mean this has surely been possible for a long time in most game engines? just takes a long time to set up and bake. if its all dynamic and those chairs can be knocked over and still have shadows then it would be pretty cool I guess.

odium

Anybody see the other examples of what this engine can do? the outdoor bit with the tank? The screaming man face?

Seriously lacking, IMO.

fearian

odium wrote: »

Anybody see the other examples of what this engine can do? the outdoor bit with the tank? The screaming man face?

Seriously lacking, IMO.

Linky-link?

odium

Its not ALL bad, theres some impressive jungle scenes that look half decent too, as well as the stupid but not bad see through shirt tech he made to see bra's under clothing... (Seriously).

SirCalalot

That tank picture is absolutely gash.

ambershee

There you go, the game engine's true colours shown in the bottom shot. The man's face shows some seriously dubious skin shader work.

Jigsaw

odium wrote: »

the stupid but not bad see through shirt tech he made to see bra's under clothing

As amusing as it may be to imagine, I am pretty certain that Hideo Kojima is not personally coding this engine. :P

r_fletch_r

The ones on the right. The AO and hardshadows ruin the effect, also the light profiles are too regular.

nice looking all the same.

ZacD

yeah the modeled chairs are way too flat and have don't look stuffed like the real chairs.

-Joe-

I doubt the picture with the tank was taken from FOX engine. It looks like the scene from Metal Gear Rising Revengence which uses the engine from platinum games.

Hazardous

odium wrote: »

as well as the stupid but not bad see through shirt tech he made to see bra's under clothing... (Seriously).

So the obvious wtf bra tech conversation aside, thinking purely about the way he shows off his ladies, especially in metal gear solid 4, with all the titilating camera angles, and near panty shots, boob shots, and his crude humor I think its a valid piece of tech to expand that theme. I hope it reveal panty lines too *hotness!*

Then again......... I am ever so slightly bias towards showing off ladies so.....

Snader

About the bras being visible, isn't that possible with just a decently painted diffuse texture?

odium

Yes, but that would follow the geo of your diffuse. I think it was more "We can get textures to light correctly and be fast enough while being transparent" and less "ZOMG BOOBIES" lol.

odium

Kojima doesn't always make Red X's. But when he does, you can be sure they are the most over sexed up red x's around.