Serius Toys... humm.... ...but software its not like real world. On real world you can't use a 50 tons truck because its very expensive. On the software world its cheap to use a 90 tons truck, you dont need to use your personal car, or your childrens toy truck.
There IS engines designed for scientific graphics. OSG and others, ...terrain based engines for scientific purposes. For god's sake, I LOVE half-life2, but its a BSP based engine. BSP engines are good for dungeons maps, not for wide open areas. Maybe you are doing the Right thing with the wrong Tool. Or I am outdated. Anyway pushing limits on this engine will be fun and interesting. El lun, 29-08-2005 a las 23:37 -0500, Kamran escribió: > Wow, that's really fascinating. I can imagine the benefits though... > > Tim Holt wrote: > > >Two projects... > > > >One for Oregon State University that I'm a co-PI on (means I helped write the > >grant request) that is to create a forest visualization system using game > >technology. I've got various images, etc. online for it at > >http://www.orst.edu/~holtt/forestry. The researchers here have already > >created > >a system to make a large database describing forest composition, and this > >project is to create a visualization of that data set. The data is used to > >help plan forest use management and policy, simulate forest fires, ecological > >changes, etc. It's funded by the US Forest Service over a two year period. > > > >The second project is for Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi to help > >create a > >new system for training nurses and medical personel by using interactive > >systems. It's funded by the US Department of Defense to the sum of US$3 > >million, which is pretty amazingly serious money for basically a game > >development project - even if it's a training system based on game > >technology. > >There are a variety of pictures and such at > >http://www.orst.edu/~holtt/tamucc if > >you're curious. > > > >I think that if any of you are serious about getting into game development, > >you > >might consider looking into the potential for these kinds of Serious Games > >projects. They are getting funded, they are being built using state of the > >art > >game projects (as mods in this case), and there is a real demand for skilled > >game developers to apply their talents to these projects. > > > >If you're interested in Serious Games, consider checking out the website > >http://www.seriousgames.org. If you're in the UK, there's a Serious Games > >conference going on starting tomorrow (the site has info). In September > >there > >is a "Games for Health" conference in Baltimore, MD (USA) on games being used > >for medical and health related things. In Oct/Nov there will be the Serious > >Games Conference in Washington DC. > > ... _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlcoders
