Sunday, 17 January 2021

Why the bottles in Half-Life: Alyx look so dang good

quote [ The bottles are not transparent. But they look transparent, because Alyx is pulling the cube map for your approximate coordinates, and projecting that pre-baked image onto the side of the bottle you’re looking at. It shows you a distorted view of the space, but it’s a wild illusion that absolutely works. ]

Interesting deduction of shader fakes in simple English.
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cb361 said @ 11:19pm GMT on 17th January
I noticed the bottles in HL:Alyx, and I was impressed. But I thought that they were just another cute feature of the engine, and didn't think about them further.

What I did think, though, was "So, Mr Newell. I have paid you money, and now you want me to solve environmental puzzles while playing hide-and-seek with a blind, but sound-sensitive screaming eldritch horror. In the dark. With a flash light. Surrounded by alien spores that make me cough. In VR. In retrospect, I am not happy with our transaction."


cb361 said @ 11:21pm GMT on 17th January
I noticed the bottles in HL:Alyx, and I was impressed. But I thought that they were just another cute feature of the engine, and didn't think about them further.

What I did think, though, was "So, Mr Newell. I paid you good money, and now you want me to solve environmental puzzles while playing hide-and-seek with a blind, sound-sensitive screaming eldritch horror. In the dark. With a flash light. Surrounded by alien spores that make me cough. In VR. In retrospect, I am not happy with our transaction."



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cb361 said @ 11:19pm GMT on 17th January [Score:1 Funny]
I noticed the bottles in HL:Alyx, and I was impressed. But I thought that they were just another cute feature of the engine, and didn't think about them further.

What I did think, though, was "So, Mr Newell. I paid you good money, and now you want me to solve environmental puzzles while playing hide-and-seek with a blind, sound-sensitive screaming eldritch horror. In the dark. With a flash light. Surrounded by alien spores that make me cough. In VR. In retrospect, I am not happy with our transaction."




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