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BMW i8 in WebGL
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Re: BMW i8 in WebGL
#12I love camera behaviour! Good job
Just wanted to chime in and agree, the camera control is slick. So many 3D apps have atrocious camera controls.
Re: BMW i8 in WebGL
#13To whoever it was a few weeks back who said it looks like the i8 was "giving birth to a Porsche", you were right: Once you've seen it, you can't unsee it. As this visualization demonstrates in nice 3d form.
Don't know about that - I still think the i8 is one of the best looking cars I've seen. (And I've owned a high end BMW in the past that I wasn't hugely impressed with, so it's not like I'm biased in favour of BMW).
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#14To whoever it was a few weeks back who said it looks like the i8 was "giving birth to a Porsche", you were right: Once you've seen it, you can't unsee it. As this visualization demonstrates in nice 3d form.
This took a short while to figure out, but it is so true.
It can be best observed in white-blue color.
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#15I am perplexed. Modern games are fantastically more visually appealing and contentwise impressive than this. Modern films utilize computer graphics that are far more impressive still. What is it about single model viewer that makes it headline material? It looks nice, though.
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#16To whoever it was a few weeks back who said it looks like the i8 was "giving birth to a Porsche", you were right: Once you've seen it, you can't unsee it. As this visualization demonstrates in nice 3d form.
I think the design has a few too many un-necessary flourishes, and it probably won't age very well.
It definitely grabs your attention, but in a few years when electric cars are less rare I bet it will look kind of gimmicky.
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#17I am perplexed. Modern games are fantastically more visually appealing and contentwise impressive than this. Modern films utilize computer graphics that are far more impressive still. What is it about single model viewer that makes it headline material? It looks nice, though.
Have you tried it on your mobile? The fact you can experience this kind of content in the mobile browser and even mobile Facebook and Twitter clients without having to visit an app store is new and IMHO, very exciting.
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#18I am perplexed. Modern games are fantastically more visually appealing and contentwise impressive than this. Modern films utilize computer graphics that are far more impressive still. What is it about single model viewer that makes it headline material? It looks nice, though.
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#19Very cool. The look of the turning steering wheel seemed a little off to me though. As if it's slightly off-center.
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#20I am perplexed. Modern games are fantastically more visually appealing and contentwise impressive than this. Modern films utilize computer graphics that are far more impressive still. What is it about single model viewer that makes it headline material? It looks nice, though.
Think 3D content with minimal deployment issues* across a huge variety of devices, and suddenly it becomes a bit clearer.
The trick with the web is not the actual tech inside, as much as the instant delivery capability across a huge variety of devices which support the tech.
* Yes, yes, I know that there are tons of compatibility issues, but native support across the same range of devices is 10x harder. If not 100x or 1000x.