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Err, how can they call it that? DeLorean is still trademarked; I know it's a different industry but I imagine considering the inference about the relevance of

Err, how can they call it that? DeLorean is still trademarked; I know it's a different industry but I imagine considering the inference about the relevance of time to the software and the brand association with time that no lawyer would have approved that. http://delorean.com/ http://delorean.com/ Also I'm pretty sure a lot of games such as FPSs already do this with direction of motion etc and have done for many many years. John Carmack definitely implemented a long time ago amongst similar techniques such as latency prediction. The only difference here is the location of the rendering. http://gafferongames.com/networking-for-game-programmers/what-every-programmer-needs-to-know-about-game-networking/ http://gafferongames.com/networking-for-game-programmers/wha... > am now allowing the client to guess at the results of the users movement until the authoritative response from the server comes through. This is a biiiig architectural change. The client now needs to know about solidity of objects, friction, gravity, etc. I am sad to see the elegant client-as-terminal setup go away, but I am practical above idealistic. edit, instead of downvoting please engage in a discussion. This place is turning into reddit.

oe 12y ago
The location of the rendering isn't the only difference here. The idea is to render multiple possible future outcomes, send them to the client, and only use the one that matches user input. The traditional way has been to predict player movement based on past movement. Also, I don't see how the improbable trademark issue is relevant to the topic.
frik 12y ago
It seems like a new trend to re-use established names. For example a lot of frameworks on "Show HN" use common names. There are now two programming languages named Swift. A downside is that it makes the web search experience a bit worse. The vote buttons on HN are too small and next to each other on mobile devices. And it would be better IMHO if the lowest downvote value would be 1 (and only admins could lower the vote-value below).
rincebrain 12y ago
This is a research publication, not a product announcement or trademark filing. Trademarks wouldn't really come into play unless they turned around and announced games using their new DeLorean technology or something to that effect...
sp332 12y ago
Trademarks are made within certain categories. http://www.legalzoom.com/trademarks-glossary/trademark-class-classification.html http://www.legalzoom.com/trademarks-glossary/trademark-class... That's why Apple Computer didn't conflict with Apple Corps record company until they started selling music. Anyway, I'm not sure the word "DeLorean" was ever trademarked. By 2008 most related trademarks had been abandoned http://www.deloreanmotorcar.com/dmc/tmarks.htm http://www.deloreanmotorcar.com/dmc/tmarks.htm and I can't find anything in a quick USPTO search now.

oe 12y ago

The location of the rendering isn't the only difference here. The idea is to render multiple possible future outcomes, send them to the client, and only use the one that matches user input. The traditional way has been to predict player movement based on past movement. Also, I don't see how the improbable trademark issue is relevant to the topic.

frik 12y ago

It seems like a new trend to re-use established names. For example a lot of frameworks on "Show HN" use common names. There are now two programming languages named Swift. A downside is that it makes the web search experience a bit worse. The vote buttons on HN are too small and next to each other on mobile devices. And it would be better IMHO if the lowest downvote value would be 1 (and only admins could lower the vote-value below).

rincebrain 12y ago

This is a research publication, not a product announcement or trademark filing. Trademarks wouldn't really come into play unless they turned around and announced games using their new DeLorean technology or something to that effect...

sp332 12y ago

Trademarks are made within certain categories. http://www.legalzoom.com/trademarks-glossary/trademark-class-classification.html http://www.legalzoom.com/trademarks-glossary/trademark-class... That's why Apple Computer didn't conflict with Apple Corps record company until they started selling music. Anyway, I'm not sure the word "DeLorean" was ever trademarked. By 2008 most related trademarks had been abandoned http://www.deloreanmotorcar.com/dmc/tmarks.htm http://www.deloreanmotorcar.com/dmc/tmarks.htm and I can't find anything in a quick USPTO search now.