AMD Cinema 2.0 demo shows photo-realistic human models

Posted Aug 12th 2008 12:00PM by John Callaham
Filed under: Hardware

AMD's launch earlier today of its new ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 graphics chip was previewed in a press event in New York City on Monday night and our sister site Joystiq got to see a demo of what might (and we emphasize "might") be seen in PC games in the next few years. AMD's "Cinema 2.0" graphics program helped to create the image you see above you; that's not a photo but a 3D CGI model.

Joystiq goes into more detail on how AMD was able to create such a realistic looking 3D image (basically a real woman was photographed in a room full of cameras and the data from the photos was translated to the 3D image) and while it's not exactly gaming related it's very possible such realistic looking human models could find themselves into CGI cut-scenes in games in the next few years.

Gallery: AMD Cinema 2.0

Tags: amd, cinema-2.0

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

I think it would be cool. But, I still like the kind of CGI we have now more than that. Final Fantasy VII Advent Children is fantastic looking.Posted at 12:20PM on Aug 12th 2008 by Erik Stroud

wow now computers are making downs syndrome models? seriously, look at her eyes... anyway, this image messes with my head because of the uncanny curve thing. I don't think they will implement this into a game ever, the game would be too disturbing.Posted at 12:57PM on Aug 12th 2008 by Sam

^ I think you're being just a little overly critical Sam. It is hard to deny that the screen shoot looks eerily realistic. It would have fooled me had I seen it without the caption. The other side is if a model like that could be animated halfway realistically though. It is one thing to cross the uncanny valley in a still image but to be fooled in motion is another entirely.

...bysmittyPosted at 2:09PM on Aug 12th 2008 by bysmitty