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[Shin-Ra]

Here's all the 3- and 4K screenshots I could find of the GDC Tech Demos from last month. Texture resolution's mixed on the two opposite extremes in the Bedroom Robot demo and the Heist-Interrogation/character faces are pretty rough, but otherwise each scene looks quite detailed and pleasing.

The 120fps Magic Controller demo's actually my favourite, very polished looking.


The Deep

The London Heist

Magic Controller and Bedroom Robots off-screen footage

Magic Controller (120fps)

Bedroom Robots

 

[serversurfer]

The Deep looks really nice. I think Magic Controller looks pretty good too, especially for 120fps.

 

[Dictator93]

4k images. NICE

edit: there is some resolution weirdness going on in the foreground of that shooter image. Some elements look like 720ßp upsacled stuff imposed over the final render.

 

[Caayn]

Why are these shots in such a high resolution? How much has been toyed around with these shots?

 

[Shin-Ra]

4k images. NICE

edit: there is some resolution weirdness going on in the foreground of that shooter image. Some elements look like 720ßp upsacled stuff imposed over the final render.

Looks similar to the realtime light bounce in The Last of Us.

 

[yencid]

MAKE AFRIKA 2 FOR MORPHEUS

 

[Dictator93]

Looks similar to the realtime light bounce in The Last of Us.

I doubt it would be using some real time GI stuff in a VR demo. But even then, that is not what I was talking about.
I mean this:

everything is native, but the foreground stuff is like... jpg`?

 

[StoppedInTracks]

I doubt it would be using some real time GI stuff in a VR demo. But even then, that is not what I was talking about.
I mean this:

everything is native, but the foreground stuff is like... jpg`?

Looks like DOF?

 

[Lord Error]

I doubt it would be using some real time GI stuff in a VR demo. But even then, that is not what I was talking about.
I mean this:

everything is native, but the foreground stuff is like... jpg`?

Those are the objects that you can pick up and move around and thus probably can cast and receive dynamic lighting. Maybe for that reason they get a special (fixed resolution?) rendering treatment.

 

[Flandy]

lol @ Dude Raider in the last shot

 

[cyberheater]

This is using re-projection technology isn't it. It's likely re-projecting 60fps to 120fps.

 

[Nafai1123]

This is using re-projection technology isn't it. It's likely re-projecting 60fps to 120fps.

The magic controller demo was 120fps native. The others were re-projected.

 

[Boogybro]

Looks like DOF?

How does that look like DOF?

 

[cyberheater]

The magic controller demo was 120fps native. The others were re-projected.

Interesting. Thanks.

 

[Kinthalis]

This is using re-projection technology isn't it. It's likely re-projecting 60fps to 120fps.

As I understand it, it doesn't do that. It does what the new Nvidia cards do for VR: a sort of frame warping based on feedback from the headset.

So it's nto interpolating a higher frame rate, it's interpolating a new orientation before the GPu spits out a new frame with the new orientation, so as to make the head trackign appear more responsive.

That head tracking latency (you mvoe your head but it takes a tiny moment more for the camera VR to follow) is a killer for VR, and even 60 FPS is probably not enough.

 

[Reallink]

Are these 4k strictly for press purposes, or were they actually rendering the demos in 4k --presumably for the SSAA or possibly internal 4k Morpheus prototypes?

 

[Kinthalis]

Are these 4k strictly for press purposes, or were they actually rendering the demos in 4k --presumably for the SSAA or possibly internal 4k Morpheus prototypes?

What do you think? Unless they were running the demos on PC's isntead of PS4's, then the demos were probably not running at 4K.

 

[FullMetaltech]

Lol. "Move your Botty" and "Bot of War".

 

[Durante]

Are these 4k strictly for press purposes, or were they actually rendering the demos in 4k --presumably for the SSAA or possibly internal 4k Morpheus prototypes?

I can guarantee you that no PS4 was rendering the pictures in the OP as they are at 120 FPS. (Also, the actual rendered framebuffers for VR would look quite different)

 

[msdstc]

Pretty impressive visuals. Mostly confined visuals so far, wonder what it would be like opened up.

 

[Shin-Ra]

I doubt it would be using some real time GI stuff in a VR demo. But even then, that is not what I was talking about.
I mean this:
http://abload.de/img/wat3fu9c.png

everything is native, but the foreground stuff is like... jpg`?

Notice the fence on the left has chunky artefacting from the bounced light, but when illuminated directly it's nice and crisp.

 

[Dictator93]

Notice the fence on the left has chunky artefacting from the bounced light, but when illuminated directly it's nice and crisp.

That is not what that is. This is the entire object being rendered at an entirely different resolution.

 

[Death2494]

That is not what that is. This is the entire object being rendered at an entirely different resolution.

Way to make an non-impartial judgement based off a DEMO! Based on actual impressions of this demo, the main reaction they wanted from the audience was achieved. But hey lets nitpick anyway, continue.

 

[BulletTheory]

I doubt it would be using some real time GI stuff in a VR demo. But even then, that is not what I was talking about.
I mean this:

everything is native, but the foreground stuff is like... jpg`?

Definitely something weird going on there, kinda looks like a poor photoshop job?

The demos look nice anyway, cant wait to try morpheus myself!

 

[Dictator93]

Way to make an non-impartial judgement based off a DEMO! Based on actual impressions of this demo, the main reaction they wanted from the audience was achieved. But hey lets nitpick anyway, continue.

I was just being curious about an image. Yikes!

Definitely something weird going on there, kinda looks like a poor photoshop job?

The demos look nice anyway, cant wait to try morpheus myself!

Maybe someone did photoshop them.

 

[outunderthestars]

I will pay absurd amounts of money for and Endless Ocean VR edition.

 

[xenorevlis]

As I understand it, it doesn't do that. It does what the new Nvidia cards do for VR: a sort of frame warping based on feedback from the headset.

So it's nto interpolating a higher frame rate, it's interpolating a new orientation before the GPu spits out a new frame with the new orientation, so as to make the head trackign appear more responsive.

That head tracking latency (you mvoe your head but it takes a tiny moment more for the camera VR to follow) is a killer for VR, and even 60 FPS is probably not enough.

You just described part of reprojection, which includes interpolation (augmented with movement data)

 

[Neuromancer]

I will pay absurd amounts of money for and Endless Ocean VR edition.

Another Aquanaut's Holiday seems like a no brainer at this point.

 

[bj00rn_]

You just described part of reproduction, which includes interpolation (augmented with movement data)

Yeah in the big picture you could say it's all basically variations on interpolation, but uses the single last frame as reference and happens earlier in the motion-to-photon process.