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LucasArts: we're all about speed 01 Sep, 2010 / 6 comments

Over at Eurogamer, someone managed to interview one Dmitry Andreev on LucasArts' new technology, a "framerate upscaler", which is an intriguing little thing conceived in an orgy of love, science, buckets of George Lucas's cash, lateral thinking, and a lack of Jim Ward. I quote:

This intriguing concept potentially offers all the advantages of rendering a console game at 30FPS, along with the visual smoothness and potentially even the crisper response of 60FPS gaming.

Woohoo! It's great stuff, if a little unclear. Read the interview, as well as the associated presentation and any videos, by going here. See how kids are all about speed, nowadays? Just like the news pundit on TV said.

30 Mojo Cookie Pirate points to whoever can come-up with the best acronym (SCUMM, iMuse, INSANE, etc) for this thing.

Source: Eurogamer

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    Shmargin on 02 Sep, 2010, 02:52…
    LAAF (Laugh)

    Lucas Arts Always Fails.
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    clone2727 on 01 Sep, 2010, 12:21…
    Some Crappy, Underhanded Movie Manipulator
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    SurplusGamer on 01 Sep, 2010, 11:19…
    In the interest of keeping the bodily fluid naming tradition

    URINE
    Upscaler for Refresh Increases of Notable Expeditiousness
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    Haggis on 01 Sep, 2010, 09:24…
    WTF: Wonderful Technology for Framerates.

    or...

    GRIMFANDANGO: Graphical Reduction In Moving Frames AND Amazing Next Generation Overclocking.

    Yes, I have no idea.
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    Laserschwert on 01 Sep, 2010, 05:57…
    I'd call it "Framerate Upscale Device"... or "FRaUD"

    By the way, isn't it probably the same thing that a lot of TVs or projectors offer that convert 24fps Blu-rays into a smooth 50fps/60fps format, by interpolating in-between frames? When I play games on my HD-projector, I usually turn this on... to get virtually a smoother framerate, duh.
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    jp-30 on 01 Sep, 2010, 03:36…
    DAVE
    (Dmitry Andreev's Visual Enhancer)


    Also, I have no freaking clue what I just read in that article.

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