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Actually no. I've looked at a couple of these videos, and all they show is that current technology can be pushed to somewhat approximate realtime ray-tracing. H

Actually no. I've looked at a couple of these videos, and all they show is that current technology can be pushed to somewhat approximate realtime ray-tracing. Here's another example of that: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbokPe4_-mY&feature=related http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbokPe4_-mY&feature=relat... So I'll spec it out. HD video, 30fps, editable with in-world physics. Don't see anything off-the-shelf that's close to that today. My question was if it were possible to hack something together. If so, what did the configuration/cost look like. Perhaps the answer right now is "no". That's cool. Just wondering.

ChuckMcM 14y ago
It is certainly possible to hack something together, the national labs have done this for a while using off the shelf parts to create a 'video wall' that allows them to visualize their simulations. Taking the linked example and applying that technique would suggest you could use somewhere between 12 and 16 'copies' of their setup driving each driving a tile of your HD display. 'in world physics' is well managed by things like the PhysX engine that nVidia sells.