On Friday at GDC 2012, Aron Zoellner and Kevin Newkirk of NVIDIA presented a really nice hour long session titled Enhancing Games with APEX PhysX (Clothing, Destruction, Turbulence). In this presentation they went over the features of APEX PhysX Cloth, Destruction, and Turbulence which we have seen implemented in recent games like Mafia II and Alice: Madness Returns. The presentation goes over how “APEX Modules (Destruction, Clothing) can be used to add more realistic clothing and destruction into your game.”
You can watch the presentation here. Unfortunately, there is no option to embed the video, hopefully they upload it to YouTube soon.
APEX has been used in various games to enhance game interactivity. In this session we will show you how APEX Modules (Destruction, Clothing) can be used to add more realistic clothing and destruction into your game. We will provide several APEX examples in current games and guide you through the entire pipeline of authoring, importing and setup of APEX Clothing and Destruction in a UE3 level. This session will provide an overview of the full NVIDIA APEX suite of tools used in the creation of clothing and destruction as well as an overview of the upcoming APEX Turbulence module.
Autodesk has posted their presentation from Siggraph 2011 showing the latest advances in PhysX and Apex technologies that can be used with Autodesk 3DS Max and Maya using the PhysX plug-ins. Check it out below. The video is over 20 minutes long detailing all the different PhysX and Apex features such as Cloth and Destruction.
From Autodesk The Latest Advances in NVIDIA PhysX / APEX Technology:
I was pretty amazed when i first saw the Completely Destructible Level Made With The UDK and APEX Destruction from RU1NOUS. The level looks like something from an NVIDIA PhysX tech demo with amazing destruction and Apex PhysX. Now he has made an update to this level and added some awesome PhysX based cloth to the level, check it out below. RU1NOUS also has a pretty cool website and blog for his work and has even made the level available for download here.
According his blog he has finished school and is looking to work in the industry. Hopefully somebody hires this guy so we can see stuff like this implemented into games!
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