LeBron James Runs Headlong Into The Uncanny Valley With NBA 2K14

7 responses to “LeBron James Runs Headlong Into The Uncanny Valley With NBA 2K14”

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   nightflarer

   June 11, 2013 at 10:47 pm

   They’ve perfected the hairline at least 😛

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   weresmurf

   June 11, 2013 at 10:54 pm

   Pretty impressive and if thats the ingame model for sure? Even moreso.

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3. 

   NAZ

   June 11, 2013 at 11:51 pm

   His bottom lip is not right. Plus those teeth straight up look bad.

   On court it looks great. Very lifelike.

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      stoph

      June 12, 2013 at 11:18 am

      Teeth are tough in 3D. If i recall correctly, they are generally a flat texture with an alpha, wrapped around a simple curve. Too much computational power would be lost having to keep track of a literally accurate mouth and it’s contents

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4. 

   kizza

   June 12, 2013 at 12:03 am

   Just how necessary is this kind of tech for this game? Honest question, as I don’t tend to play sports games.

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      glock

      June 12, 2013 at 10:04 pm

      When the entire game is based around a realistic simulation of real-life people, places and events, this kind of tech is very important actually. You want to feel like you are controlling the real players and teams, so they must look the part.

      This extends to the physics of the player collisions and actions of the ball, they need to be spot on because it is intended as a simulation of the sport.

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5. 

   deek

   June 12, 2013 at 12:16 am

   Actually, the videogame version looks better.

   Better resolution.

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