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GDC Quantic Dream Realtime Tech Demo Shows Off New Engine

Posted on Wednesday, March 7 @ 16:48:31 Eastern by Sebastian_Moss


As part of a GDC talk titled “Technologies to Support Emotion”, Quantic Dream head David Cage has released a tech demo running in realtime on the PS3 showing the studio's new engine in action.

While the above video starring Twilight: Breaking Dawn actress Valorie Curry does indeed look impressive, the head of the Heavy Rain studio repeatedly emphasized that "Kara" was simply a tech demo, and had nothing to do with their next game.

The video is also a full year old, with Cage saying the current engine looks even better:

Kara has fifty percent of the features we have now. What we are witnessing with the likes of Omikron, of Heavy Rain, of Hollywood’s Avatar, of Kara is a steady walk out of the Uncanny Valley.

Cage also explained to Eurogamer that the studio now has far more motion capture cameras:

So we invested a lot in our motion capture studio. Heavy Rain was shot with 28 cameras, and we’ve upgraded the studio to 65 cameras. Now we can shoot several actors – their body and their face – at the same time. It’s not a small change, but at the same time this is how Avatar and Tintin were shot, and it’s how the CG industry works because they know how much you gain from shooting face, voice and body at the same time.

Quantic Dream released a similar tech demo in 2005, titled The Casting, which showed off the engine used in Heavy Rain:
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  • tinymhg
    tinymhg
    Joined: Jun 2011
    Posted: Mar 7th, 2012 at 5:28 pm
    Kara would make one hell of a game opening.
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  • De-Ting
    De-Ting
    Joined: Nov 2006
    Posted: Mar 7th, 2012 at 5:47 pm
    Speaking of the story, I've often thought about roughly the same concept. If you could make a computer that actually thinks for itself, does that make it a living thing? Wouldn't that give it a spirit? It's probably impossible, but it makes for a good story.

    Also, this is the kind of production technology I want in my games.

    It's here, let's use it.
    0 2
  • TurinAlexander
    TurinAlexander
    Joined: Sep 2006
    Posted: Mar 7th, 2012 at 6:07 pm
    Well, damnit, if it's not the part of their next game, it should be.
    0 0
  • Stickyellowsock
    Stickyellowsock
    Joined: Oct 2009
    Posted: Mar 7th, 2012 at 6:07 pm
    na...doesn't really impress me
    1 0
  • Heath_Hindman
    Heath_Hindman
    Joined: May 2011
    Posted: Mar 7th, 2012 at 6:55 pm
    Yeah her face is a punch right in the uncanny valley.
    0 0
  • blake_peterson
    blake_peterson
    Joined: Oct 2011
    Posted: Mar 8th, 2012 at 12:34 am
    Saw this today, working on a more comprehensive write-up of Cage's talk.
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  • TheDiesel
    TheDiesel
    Joined: May 2009
    Posted: Mar 8th, 2012 at 12:02 am
    They need to integrate that into something, that combined with Ninja Theory + Andy Serkis = Godly game
    0 0
  • Bras
    Bras
    Joined: Jul 2008
    Posted: Mar 8th, 2012 at 6:23 am
    Heavy Rain had great graphics and in that youtube clip they look awful, so I suposse this new engine will produce incredible stuff even if it only looks decent in that video.

    I'd really like to see more from this girl and the world she lives in, that thing packed some serious drama!
    And she looks fine, but perhaps a bit more tanning could help boost sales.
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