<![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC - Kotaku Comments]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC - Kotaku Comments]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> The breasts may have been modeled by Emergent Game Technologies executive Lisa Wenninger who has similarly shaped large breasts and has posed nude before. Although the breasts may therefore be based on the breasts of a real woman, the overall effect of the video--both in terms of body movement and shape--is quite robotic. It would help a lot if they started with a video of the movements of a real woman, to make it appear more natural, and then did the appropriate shadowing. The rather artificial light also makes it hard to get a feel for whether the shadowing is valid or not. That being said, Emergent is a middleware company--meaning they don't produce games themselves but produce an engine for writing games--so it is possible that one can just as easily use Gamebryo to produce a more realistic animation. It would nevertheless improve the animation if it were made as realistic as possible.

David41

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> The best boobs in town are TAKI'S! Nuff said! :p

Gameboy4life

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> well i guess it's safe to say that the GDC this year has once and fall gone tits up.

:3

Onizuka-GTO

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> It's also part of the reason GDC is 90% dudes.

Thank you so much for getting that right.

I was about to have an aneurism if I had to hear someone else go, "but the industry is mostly made up of men, so they shouldn't be appealing to women." X(

That said, the video was nice looking (although they didn't bounce at all, which confuses me. My average breasts, even in a bra, bounce with every step I take). I'm actually pretty partial to nicely rendered breasts. I just prefer the hyper sexualisation of female characters to be an exception that says something about the character, rather than the standard.

Cola82

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> Truly, this is the pinnacle of human achievement.

Zero_Beat

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> I wonder what it feels like to code/animate this? What do they think of this and more importantly themselves?

Zeouterlimits

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> @Demaar: Seconded.

wallapuctus

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> Am I the only person for whom the video won't play? where is it hosted??

Akin

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> This combine it with the havok cloth physics will make boobtastic. It would be the most realistic boob EVAR!. Oh and combine that with the playstation eye Tracking software....man...realistic boob in 3D. What a concept.

nxp3

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> It's ashame they didn't just focus on removing her rotating centre point axis it makes her movements look freakish (a bit like her rock solid one motion boobs...give me DOA vollyball any day)

matthewbennion

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> I'd like to tell her to relax a little but it's obvious she's concentrating really hard to keep her Ben Wa balls from falling out.

cheeses

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> @dirkxxdiggler: I don't think developers need to worry about the rest of the body when they know guys are just going to be staring at boobs anyway.

UmeShoryu

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> the boobs were fine, but the rest of her needed some work

dirkxxdiggler

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> These guys should combine forces with Team Ninja to make the ULTIMATE in boob technology.

Demaar

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> I almost put my headphones on to watch the video then realised how pointless that would have been.

floppylobster

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> omg those r totly fake

Also, most disturbing part? The smooth jazz version of Celine Dion's "My Heart Will Go On."

Or the fact that I knew that.

designatedrival

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> She's got a nice rack, but she doesn't have the ass to back it up. :\

belo

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> Since when did Kenny G start doing video game music?

BigMoose

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> There was music in that video?

Just wait until they come out with a Wii mote/ Power Glove hybrid. Air fondle the boobies FTW!!!

Joking aside, I wasn't that impressed either. The graphics were sweet but movements looked very unconvincing. She moonwalks a couple of times for goodness sakes...

dmede02

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> Dissapointing. They focus on the barely noticeable jubbly shadowing, and leave the crappy animations in place. she just looks strange when she turns. Plus she slides around whenever she bumps into a column.

Maltose

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> @logicaldefense: Yeah, not impressed here either. I couldn't even notice the self-shadowing, and it was not for a lack of staring at the boobs.

ProdigalMoon

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> What a let down, I thought she was gonna be naked or something. And the boobs didn't even have any physics, what a cop-out. If you are gonna make a boob video, at least do it right. Plus, the music blew.

cybereality

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> @kidnicky: But did it have actual changing weather patterns or just a random weather generator? I'm talking more about realistic simulations. Being able to 'build' a game area in various climate zones, and having that climate zone affect that area. A tropical mountain/volcanic-island range would end up generating more rain than a flatter, sandier island composition type stuff. I wanna see scripting that shows us more realism in tune with the world around us, or another world entirely.

Ampillion, Dayman. Fighter of the Nightman.

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> Except for the sax, the music was pretty nice.

Yes, I noticed the music more than the video.

Jonn

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> If jubies ever had an epic moment, it would be this.

PXShaman

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> I'm being followed by a boob shadow, boob shadow boob shadow...

DismantleRepair

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> Err uhh.. Add me to the unimpressed side.. Why isn't she doing jumping jacks or something? Running? Jumping? All I see is 5 year old tech with bloom, and medicore walk animations.

weasl

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> subtly swaying? that's just the natural movement of the entire rib cage in a walk cycle. let's get some realistic boob movement going if you're seriously going to spend this much time on it.

rachaza

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> To be honest I wasn't that impressed, anyone else?

logicaldefense

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> in my honest opinion.. the boob physics and all that... they CAN be a nice touch... but unfortunately, what IS incredibly more important... is how the player moves.

if you watch that video, and watch how that girl walks, and how she turns..

it TOTALLY breaks the illusion, it totally ruins the whole thing.

focus on the boobs once you've got THAT figured out first.

this just reminds me of someone who tried to draw sexy drawings of girls before he'd figured out proportions, and having it come off looking horrendously creepy instead of hot.

joelface

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> This actually comes off as perverted. I can't believe grown men made this.

Diesel_Power

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> This is just really sad. When it was Mai in Fatal Fury it was cute and funny,but it was a 2D sprite in a good game. These days they actually try (and I guess,succeed) to SELL THE GAME based on people who are going to get off on some Toy Story bazongas. Seriously,who finds something like this arousing? Well,I guess a lot of people do,because it does make money.

Ampillion-
Shenmue had realistic weather patterns and such,but no titties or explosions,so our acne-ridden,neckbearded bretheren voted with their wallets. Since the saddest members of our species spend the most time/money on video games,that's who the companies cater too.


kidnicky

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> I sense a Very Special Episode of Screw-Attack com...errr... in the works.

Brackynews

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> Its obvious the game industry needs to grow up a little.

I mean, a boob tech demo...really?

B1S1

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> take THAT, Animal Crossing, Mario Kart, Brain Age, The Sims, and Wii Sports.

ashjaw

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> At least the games industry is putting their efforts where they should be.

Generico

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> This is why we will never be taken seriously.

elevenoverzero

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> @Bigfoot: ass shaders are next:)

featherblade360

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> I like the...music.

Destrado

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> They haven't got anything on Illusion Soft... or should they join forces and make the world of digital pornography a blissful, depressing place to be?

sir_carrot

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> @Finalboss: yeah, and Super Nintendo's collision detection... I rather see Tecmo's take on boobs...

VakeroRokero

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> Eh, for some reason reminded me...
"Tubular Boobular Joy!"
Well, at least the rack was on what looked like an adult this time instead of some moe/pedo wet dream...

relic1980

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> Digital hooters put a smile on my face everytime.

evilcartman

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> Figures, a girl with big boobs but no ass.

Bigfoot

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> I've seen more realistic boobs in h-games.

PsycheDiver

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> When she walked out and made that first completely unnatural 90-degree turn, I had to laugh. This video shows us nothing new. Self-shadowing models have been done many times before, boobs and all. Let's work on the utter shit that was the walk animation, and come back to the boobs when we have time, eh?

unmarkedone

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> thousands of manhours and dollars put into rendering realistic, self-shadowed breasts and she still walks like a robot?

Finalboss

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> ladies (lol no ladies a GDC) and gentleman, i would love to showcase our new engine with this!

npa.189

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> I have seen many shadowed boobs in my time but this one... this one outboobs any shade!

Drizko

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> What, no jumping?

Spiderbait

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> And the award for worst art direction goes to.....

mahi

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> @Garro: Good point! Someone should get Itagaki on the phone, I'm sure he can put this tech to good use...

TrustyBadger

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> @SigmundTheSeaMonster: nicely done!

rawg

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> @rawg: Oh, I know. It's just an addition to their engine work. I'm just saying that it seems like there could've been something better done with the time spent on it.

Ampillion, Dayman. Fighter of the Nightman.

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> @Dave Silva: Yeah, I was expecting so much more. Virtual bewbies have their place, but those were bad virtual bewbies.

seafisch

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> You obviously have been misinformed. You would need the new Aegis incorporated GPU or the renderer will seriously hamper your FPS.

Fyren

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> they look stiff and unnatural

superjap

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> BREAKING: Tecmo buys out Numerical Design Limited in hostile take-over.

NoBullet

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> Boob Shadows Make Home Really, Really Cool!

SigmundTheSeaMonster

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> @TrustyBadger: Now why would you want to be fighting when you have quality one on one time with those milk mounds?

Garro

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> @Ampillion lives a life much like No More Heroes.: Apparently Gamebryo does more than just boob shadowing. They're one of the engines used in Oblivion, Fallout 3, Dark Age of Camelot, and Playboy: The Mansion. [en.wikipedia.org]

rawg

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> @Majorasblaze likes to dance dance dance yeah: Compare this to the truly horrendous self shadowing in Mass Effect.

Saith17

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> It's too bad that after the intensive AI and graphics computation required to render those beauties, theres bugger all CPU-time left to add any enemy combatants.

TrustyBadger

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> If master chief had boobs it would have been game over for the gaming industry.

K-Squad! (Badass Edition)

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> And somehow, Itagaki will still find a way to top this.

Draconis

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> Good luck with the competition, Gamebryo. Your boobs will serve you well into the future.

boopadoo

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> @rawg: That's the real world man. Virtual boobs do nothing for me. They don't enhance my gameplay or my daily life. Adding 'realistic shadowing technology' to something I won't bother looking at (unless there's some sort of boob ogling mini-game involved, in which I'd question the game itself for.) sounds like a huge waste of resources to me, unless this was created by one really bored guy, and is intended to help with shading on not just boobs, but entire character and creature models.
My gripe is more that, we could be moving forward other things in gaming, I thought simulated tits were fairly well covered by many developers.

Ampillion, Dayman. Fighter of the Nightman.

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> Boobs...serious business.

ST19AG_WGreymon

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> A dramatic look at a brave new genre: 3rd person boobwatcher.

Buttah

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> What about those breasts was perfectly rendered? Unless the attempt was to render the worst plastic surgery imaginable, anyway.

Korlis

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> They made this video so epic.

Soriya

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> Boobs are silly.

Irafe

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> Bewbies!

... Bewbies that are frozen solid!

I'm incredibly bothered by this video. It's the opposite extreme from DOA Beach Volleyball - those boobs are just... cast in iron or something. That's just NOT RIGHT.

Dave Silva

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> Hehe, you'd expect some epic pans of a warrior in deep thought with that music. SURPRISE!

ABigSmall

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> @Ampillion lives a life much like No More Heroes.: I disagree. Boobies are serious business in real life too. More money is spent annually on breast augmentation surgery than the entire video game industry combined.

rawg

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> first of all, a woman's pair of boobs are never identical, there is always one that is a bit different in shape and size. So I hope gd can take that into account when, simulating boobs.

solidsquirrel

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> Man. I was going to make a post about how I feel bad for liking this, but FUCK THAT SHIT! I am a warm blooded heterosexual male and nothing pleases my eyes better than a nice pair of breasts. I found this fairly entertaining. All boob jokes aside, this technology does seem interesting.

Dauragon C. Mikado

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> They posted the "today's most popular stories" just a bit too soon.

tk.

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> @Ampillion lives a life much like No More Heroes.: Well said.

I... guess... at least they aren't attempting to hide their objectification of women?

Señor Vorpal Kickass'o

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> @Part-Time-Viking: I know what comment i'm nominating.

NessD12

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> Not sure if I should laugh, shake my head in disgust, or be mildly aroused?

All three perhaps?

Figcoinc

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> Gamebryo needs to license their engine to Capcom on the Street Fighter IV...

need those realistic shadows on those huge manginas on Ken and Ryu....

icepick314

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> Finally! Virtual jubblies have a more realistic depth to them!

Also, the slow motion zoom on the newly-shadowed boobs had me cracking up too.

Trowble (XBL/PSN)

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> How do I invest in this company?

rawg

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> Better than Epic's meat-cube for sure!

El-Suave

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> And here, ladies and gentlemen, is why gaming is never taken seriously. Deliver more lifelike AI routines? Try to recreate real world simulations in game form, such as weather patterns, food chains, or social/development routines amongst similar creatures?

Fuck that, let's shade us up some boobies.

Ampillion, Dayman. Fighter of the Nightman.

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> Next up, realistic badonkadonk movement while walking and running.

SpishackCola

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> @Erwin:

AMEN

(俗・ ) Grey Gecko

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> @UltimatePancakeSensation: Too long have we lived in the shadow of Custer's Revenge quality scrotum. The future is now!

Erwin

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> Realistic Man-Bulge technology to be shown next.

Part-Time-Viking

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> OMG best video ever!! :D

*fap fap fap fap*

cooler_dood

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> I'm glad this conference gives independent developers the recognition they need,
and the gamers what they want.

Erwin

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> @Barob, who needs a new picture already.:
Ditto

KnaveX

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> epic musi...

EPIC BOOBS!!!

(俗・ ) Grey Gecko

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> If the demo wasn't funny enough alone, the music topped it off. I couldn't help but laugh out loud!

I don't know why everyone's so hung up on boobs anyway. Anyone with it knows that the future is self-shadowing balls. You heard me.

UltimatePancakeSensation

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> Has this not been done before or something?

Mit

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> @Crosswayboy: Reminded me a bit of Earth: Final Conflict

ForwardInReverse

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> How is this any different to other self-shadowing?

Majorasblaze

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> Truly, the future is now.

Sicrowell

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> I wish that music played when my girl friend took off her shirt.

I mean it plays in my head, but I wish it played on the tv or stereo.

Foggynotion

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> I wish that music played when my girl friend took off her shirt. I mean it plays it my head, but I wish it played on the stereo.

Foggynotion

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> Virtual boobies just don't do it for me, I much prefer the real ones.

Realistic shadows however? That's enough to get my blood flowin'.

Barob

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> Hahaha can't wait to see the ear shadowing technology. O.O

Neocorey

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> Such an epic pair of sweater muffins...

Could the music have been any worse?

Crosswayboy

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> Ain't no party like a sex appeal to show game technology paaaarty!

Dr.Chocobo

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> The dramatic zoom-in to the moneyshot was full of win.

Best rendered pair of ka dunk-a dunks.

Fyren

]]> <![CDATA[Gamebryo Shows Off Boob Shadowing Technology At GDC]]> Can't wait to see the comments on this article.
Heh heh.
This almost ties the strangeness of... regenerating trees.

Teh Emo Penguin

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