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- From: Paul_Trauth@agwbbs.new-orleans.LA.US (Paul Trauth)
- Newsgroups: alt.sys.amiga.demos
- Subject: Re: Movie demos
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- Date: 7 Nov 92 18:14:10 CST
- Organization: The Amiga GateWay BBS * New Orleans, La.
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- In a message dated Sat 7 Nov 92 16:23, Clueless@bradley.edu (matthew Simmo
- wrote:
-
- CS> Are there any demos out there which simulate what computers do in
- CS> movies?
- CS> You know, like in Patriot Games, when they're in CIA HQ in Langley,
- CS> when the
- CS> computer sitting behind Jack is busily putting text and graphs and
- CS> maps on
- CS> the screen, generally looking busy and impressive, but in all
- CS> probability
- CS> doing nothing?
- ...Dig out The Director. One of the sample animations included was a
- "do-nothing" like that... it included a pre-rendered rotating 3d object,
- strange sounds, randomized graphics, etc.
- Actually, several of the earlier Director animations are kind of in this
- style. "Probe", "RGB Hazard", "Alien View", etc, are all "high-tech"
- looking, in a twisted sort of way.
-
- But i haven't seen a Eurodemo version of this sorta thing...
-
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