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your mother on 24 July 2007
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Sqrl said:
leo-j said:
Wojtas said:
leo-j said:
Liquid has already hit "4-d" on the ps3, if the ps3 doesnt produce these maximum "4-d" graphcis, then there is the possibility another console around 2015 can exceed the ps3. But again people dont understand that games like uncharted only mannage to use as much as 30% of the power in the spu's(stated at e3 with gamespot). So pc gamers will say that direct x 10 is the "only way to produce 4-d graphcis" But its thier opinion. In terms of the 360, xbox fans claim to say that halo 3 will look better than gears of war, when epic stated they have brought out the maximum out of the 360, gamers dont realize it. Crisis is the only "4-d" game Ive seen so far, but ps3 has achieved like I said before "4-d" liquid giving it the possibility to produce intense 4-d graphcis.

Dude, stop using the 4-d term. Do you even know what the fourth dimension is according to physics?


An example is your pic, that is 4-d true physical apearence. At least thats what sony calls it.


4-D has nothing to do with photorealism.....and Wotja's sig is a 2-D image.

back when we had 2-D games what that meant was there were only 2 axis in the game that you could travel on....one axis (the y axis) was up and down...and the other axis (the x axis) was left and right. Now when we got 3-D graphics they added a new dimension (hence the "D") the new axis (the z axis) was depth so you could move deeper into the scene or closer to the screen.

Now we as people live in a 4-D world. What this means is that we can move up/down (y axis), side to side (x axis) and forward and back (z axis)....now the X, Y, and Z axis are all spacial dimensions the fourth dimension we live in is time.

Now if you wanna go really deep with it we get into string theory and M-Theory which is a unification of the 5 major string theories and ultimately brings us to a total 11 Dimensions (if you subscribe to M-theory), of which we as people only percieve 4. But to truly explain any of that I'm going to need you to at least have a basic understanding of differential equations and probably a solid grasp on general relativity and probably special relativity.

 

Oh, theoretical physics - my favorite! (And that's not sarcasm.)

But 11 dimensions? Riemann's metric tensor begs to differ. Then again, I haven't been reading up on the subject in the past couple of years, so I'm sure there have been hugs advancements in the field.