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[shinobi602]

Did a search and didn't see anything...deport me if old.

Next gen COD. Hnnnnnnnnnnnnnggggggg

Activision Blizzard will host a presentation to discuss next-generation character rendering at the Game Developers Conference in March.

Jorge Jimenez, real-time graphics R&D man at Activision Blizzard, will lead the 60-minute presentation, titled 'Photorealistic Eyes Rendering and Deformation', sharing his advanced techniques for "creating photo-realistic characters for next-generation games and hardware".

Jimenez will "show high-quality next-generation shading driven with a plausible game rig", says the official show schedule, as he discusses Activision's techniques for subsurface scattering rendering, eye shading, anti-aliasing, depth of field, and film grain.

You can get a sneak peek at Jimenez's work on his blog, where he frequently shares remarkably realistic-looking examples of high-end real-time character rendering.

The below is from his 2009 paper on subsurface scattering: http://www.iryoku.com/publications

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[BigTnaples]

Hell yes.

I can smell next gen.

 

[NinjaFridge]

Maybe we'll get a HD COD next gen.

 

[Karak]

Awesome find!
Exciting to see.

 

[Totobeni]

COD next gen engine I guess

 

[kpjolee]

Oh, COD finally getting graphical upgrade?

 

[deejay8595]

Man...All of the Next Gen news in the recent weeks is getting me excited!!

 

[i-Lo]

Most intriguing. I wonder if they are aiming to deliver the kind of fidelity portrayed in the screenshot above allied with 60fps.

 

[Escape Goat]

Just think of what next gen can do once devs actually know how to get the most out of it in 3-4 years.

 

[Fezzan]

About time.

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

It feels like ps4/720 could be revealed any day now

 

[maquiladora]

Man...All of the Next Gen news in the recent weeks is getting me excited!!

Going to be crazy year....

 

[thehypocrite]

COD in HD at last for gaming consoles.

 

[EvB]

Whenever you see cool videos of faces they always end up rendering some Footballer or Basketball player. When it comes to any other genre they are all poorly textured like a virtual John Malkovich.

 

[i-Lo]

For comical effect, do note that the image (in the original article) is not 720p. Perhaps they're still aiming to be sub-hd to deliver that kind of visual fidelity at 60fps.

I hope Karak doesn't come into this thread.

 

[73V3N]

next gen Skylanders?

 

[Paddington Bear]

Holy crap, what if MW4 day one? My brain can't contain my mountain next gen excitement

 

[SneakyStephan]

New graphics stuff is always cool.

One thing though: dear devs: please shove film grain where the sun don't shine.

 

[Lime]

Cool, now I'll get the chance to really look into the eyes of the anynomous soldiers when I stab them in the neck or shoot them in the gut.

 

[5amshift]

Oh, COD finally getting graphical upgrade?

Probably not..

 

[Mihael Mello Keehl]

Holy crap, what if MW4 day one? My brain can't contain my mountain next gen excitement

Thats what Im thinking if mw4 day one. Would be perfect way to kick off 720

 

[Visualante2]

I'm kind of shocked Activision has a centralised R&D team. I always thought of them as a corporate publisher who saw an iron curtain between studios and the publisher.

Seems like this will be an extension of his Siggraph talk from 2012. http://www.iryoku.com/blog

 

[MrCunningham]

Another realistic "bald head" tech demo? We haven't seen enough of those. Lets see you guys try and render some hair already.

 

[Strike]

It's all coming togetther.

 

[woober]

Another realistic "bald head" tech demo? We haven't seen enough of those. Lets see you guys try and render some hair already.

Even the eyebrows look like they're painted in.

 

[Pop-O-Matic]

Maybe we'll get a HD COD next gen.

COD in HD at last for gaming consoles.

Devs are always going to put fancy graphical effects over IQ. Expect the future to remain sub-720p.

 

[Paddington Bear]

Thats what Im thinking if mw4 day one. Would be perfect way to kick off 720

And ps4

 

[Ken Masters]

Holy crap, what if MW4 day one? My brain can't contain my mountain next gen excitement

that would be amazing and would make a day 1 720 purchase quite easy

 

[lordfroakie]

Oh, COD finally getting graphical upgrade?

More like downgrade...

 

[Afrikan]

I've heard of Jorge Jimenez's name over the years regarding rendering.

didn't he also try to work for an MLAA or FXAA or custom AA solution for the 360 a few years ago?

 

[test_account]

Devs are always going to put fancy graphical effects over IQ. Expect the future to remain sub-720p.

Why sub-720p? No reason to at least do native 720p, they can still add a lot more stuff compared to what the can with the PS3 and Xbox 360 =)

 

[Camp Lo]

Best tech of a face I've seen thus far.

Next Gen gon b gud

 

[RoboPlato]

Aw yeah, I loves me some next gen tech demos.

 

[Pop-O-Matic]

Why sub-720p? No reason to at least do native 720p, they can still add a lot more stuff compared to what the can with the PS3 and Xbox 360 =)

But they can get EVEN MORE if they stay sub-720p, which makes it preferable.

 

[shinobi602]

Devs are always going to put fancy graphical effects over IQ. Expect the future to remain sub-720p.

I highly, highly doubt we'll see much if any sub-720p games next gen. That will be the baseline.

 

[RoKKeR]

Yes.

CoD can finally flex its graphical muscles a bit while retaining 60fps. It will be glorious.

 

[Chao]

Can't wait for 10 year development time for a 4 hours long FPS campaign!

 

[EvB]

But they can get EVEN MORE if they stay sub-720p, which makes it preferable.

Not necessarily, depending on the hardware the increase in resolution can be so negligible between resolutions that developers maybe still bump it up a notch.

 

[MikeE21286]

Next gen CoD will push new hardware.

 

[RoKKeR]

It feels like ps4/720 could be revealed any day now

Honestly, I wouldn't be shocked. This place is going to absolutely meltdown. I can't wait.

 

[test_account]

But they can get EVEN MORE if they stay sub-720p, which makes it preferable.

Well, true enough, but i dont see how much more they could add

 

[Confidence Man]

Pretty sure that picture is old.

 

[Fantasmo]

This is not gonna be CoD tech. If it is, color me surprised. This kind of detail at 60fps in an arcade twitch shooter, I just don't see it. Nevermind that CoD assets aren't usually that good. I suppose it's possible at least during the campaign, but I really doubt it.

 

[i-Lo]

Aw yeah, I loves me some next gen tech demos.

Robo, do you not find "tech demos" to be utterly pointless given they allude to grand promises yet the reality and illusion only perhaps meet nearly at the end of the console's life cycle? Would you not rather see "actual and in-development" games ecompassing these specific technological advancements so that if there is a change, it perhaps may not be as drastic (Mass Effect 1 is a good example)?

 

[Pop-O-Matic]

Well, true enough, but i dont see how much more they could add

Enough that it would justify going sub-720p (in the devs minds).

 

[shinobi602]

Pretty sure that picture is old.

It's not meant to show what the OP is talking about. It's an example of the rendering tech that Jimenez has worked on in the past.

 

[Lime]

Aw yeah, I loves me some next gen tech demos.

You're into bald, white men?

 

[RoboPlato]

But they can get EVEN MORE if they stay sub-720p, which makes it preferable.

Sub 720p and even 720p would make a lot of the minute detail added more difficult to see. I'm expecting a lot of 1080p games next gen, although not CoD. Targeting 60fps would make sense if the left CoD at 720p but less than that is insane.

 

[Nirolak]

Pretty sure that picture is old.

It's from his 2009 paper on subsurface scattering: http://www.iryoku.com/publications

 

[cakefoo]

depth of field, and film grain

And cinematic framerates.