NVIDIA has uploaded an official video trailer for the PhysX Rocket Sled Demo to YouTube. Also known as the “PhysX Supersonic Sled Demo” that was first shown at CES 2010 running on the new GF100(Fermi) video card that will be released within the next few months. Many videos have surfaced of this PhysX demo being shown off by NVIDIA, however most of them have been video camera footage of a monitor running the demo, this new trailer from NVIDIA shows the demo and explains the purpose of it.
In the video Alex Sakhartchouck an “NVIDIA Demo Engineer” explains how the demo was built for the next generation of NVIDIA video cards to show off the latest and greatest technology NVIDIA has such as CUDA and PhysX along with DirectX 11 Tessellation. Every part of the rocket sled was made using PhysX objects to simulate how such a sled would work and react in real life, PhysX fluid simulation was also used to simulate the smoke the rocket gives off and reacts to it’s surroundings as if it was real and PhysX was used to simulate all of the debris that is caused by the sled such as the building that gets blown away as the rocket passes it and the bridge that falls apart which you can see in the video.
If you want to learn more about the making of the demo check out “An In-Depth Look at the PhysX Supersonic Sled Demo” we recently posted about. Also check out the other videos we have posted about that show different angles and info about the demo:
A new video showing the new PhysX Supersonic Sled demo that was recently shown running on the GF100(Fermi) has been uploaded to YouTube, this time most of the video shows off the bridge in the demo and how it is constructed out of PhysX objects and what happens when the bridge gets destroyed either from the sled going over it or apparently the bridge can be destroyed from within the menu’s of the demo. The video also shows the demo being paused so you can zoom in on the bridge and look at each of the PhysX objects. Definitely cool stuff here, we are hoping that once the new NVIDIA cards are released this will be a new tech demo that can be downloaded and played with.
We recently posted about An In-Depth Look at the PhysX Supersonic Sled Demo that shows slides detailing the demo check it out here, and be sure to check out the other cool videos of the PhysX Supersonic sled demo we have posted about before:
Czech website PCtuning has posted a series of slides from NVIDIA that go in-depth with the new PhysX Supersonic Sled demo that was recently showcased at CES 2010 on the new GF100( Fermi ) Video card. We have previously posted many videos that have showed up of this demo in action and many people are wondering what the big deal about it is. These slides will explain to you why this new PhysX demo is so fascinating, it has given Nvidia a way to show off the latest and greatest in PhysX technology and the future of games, from PhysX Smoke,Fluid, Dust and Particle effects to PhysX based destruction and a new PhysX based character that uses PhysX joints to simulate rag doll effects. After reading through these slides you will get a better understanding of what is really going on in the PhysX Supersonic Sled demo videos you have seen and what PhysX is going to bring to games in the future when more and more developers start to implemented these awesome PhysX features.
If you have not seen the PhysX Supersonic sled demo in action you may want to watch the following videos we have posted about before reading the slides:
As a lure, while a perfect demo of the new opportunities to developers GeForce Nvidia literally won a new demo Supersonic Sled. It could perfectly show the possibilities of new hardware while allowing the user to play with all the detailed parameters and effects. Do not miss two videos at the end of the presentation, one is official and it looks nice.
Second made during the presentation that is a blurry picture because of the 3D display, but it has a very interesting comment directly from the developer.
Read the rest of the article and more slides here.
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