Comments on: Alt.GDC: Earth’s Digital Doppelganger http://blog.makezine.com/2012/03/06/alt-gdc-earths-digital-doppelganger/ DIY projects, how-tos, and inspiration from geeks, makers, and hackers Sat, 18 May 2013 23:32:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: ContdaX http://blog.makezine.com/2012/03/06/alt-gdc-earths-digital-doppelganger/#comment-368247 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:39:12 +0000 http://blog.makezine.com/?p=207942#comment-368247 Actually, no Simplex and no Perlin. Since it uses real earth data and only the details smaller than 90m are filled in using procedural algos, there’s plenty of original erosion of our planet visible. For those who look before posting, that is.

]]> By: Earth’s doppelganger: a photorealistic virtual world | Naked Play http://blog.makezine.com/2012/03/06/alt-gdc-earths-digital-doppelganger/#comment-368232 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:23:16 +0000 http://blog.makezine.com/?p=207942#comment-368232 [...] Read more here  [...]

]]> By: Balgair http://blog.makezine.com/2012/03/06/alt-gdc-earths-digital-doppelganger/#comment-368214 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:07:49 +0000 http://blog.makezine.com/?p=207942#comment-368214 “…you build your city in a single player mode and it automatically loads your creations into all other players’ Earths”
Does anyone remember when Spore did this? All that was created were rude, over exaggerated phalluses. I thought all game designers learned their lesson on this one: Never let the players have a one way communication channel.

]]> By: Game engine renders photorealistic Earth-sized worlds | HEY LAURENT VOANH IS HERE http://blog.makezine.com/2012/03/06/alt-gdc-earths-digital-doppelganger/#comment-368206 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 17:01:19 +0000 http://blog.makezine.com/?p=207942#comment-368206 [...] Alt.GDC: Earth’s Digital Doppelganger [...]

]]> By: idgarad http://blog.makezine.com/2012/03/06/alt-gdc-earths-digital-doppelganger/#comment-368190 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 16:41:51 +0000 http://blog.makezine.com/?p=207942#comment-368190 More Simplex and Perlin garbage. No erosion passes, water or wind. Nothing new in that video that wasn’t done back in the 80s let alone 90s.

]]> By: You Won’t Believe the Scale of This Video Game World [Video] | Video Games http://blog.makezine.com/2012/03/06/alt-gdc-earths-digital-doppelganger/#comment-368044 Wed, 07 Mar 2012 13:57:03 +0000 http://blog.makezine.com/?p=207942#comment-368044 [...] Alt.GDC: Earth's Digital Doppelganger(makezine.com) [...]

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