However, AMD, the tech company responsible for Xbox 360 graphics tech, said the next Xbox will be able to render graphical detail on par with James Cameron’s sci-fi opus.
AMD won’t confirm it’s working on the new Xbox, but, according to the Official Xbox Magazine, AMD said the new Xbox will launch with that level of graphics.
What’s more, AMD’s Neal Robison added that the upcoming A.I. will enable every pedestrian in, say, Grand Theft Auto have their own personality and react to situations differently.
This sounds like AMD talking up whatever they’re working on. Fingers crossed it actually pans out, because words like these can come back to haunt you.
Kotaku is following up with Microsoft and will update this post should the company comment.
AMD: Xbox 720 graphics will look like Avatar [Examiner.com]
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Republished from Kotaku
Steve
Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 7:50 AMSeems like every game that comes out has that same line “advanced AI for NPCs” etc etc.
Saying something has AI doesn’t mean anything, I mean what constitutes AI?
Biderjum
Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 9:33 AMAI = software algorithms
I assume when hardware manufacturers talk about improved AI, they are simply providing the processing power to support heavy AI algorithms
wooktree
Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 3:53 PMwould you have enjoyed Avatar if the characters weren’t mostly blue then?
Sicarius123
Wednesday, July 20, 2011 at 5:02 PMIt’s just a live action remake of Fern Gully with aliens instead of fairy’s.
pdc
Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 5:00 PMThis is BS! The amount of time it would take to make game assets & textures (at full HD) of that level of detail would be a massively time draining & expensive undertaking.
This is just hype building.
Franz
Tuesday, July 19, 2011 at 5:40 PMLol, Rockstar have said all kinds of things about their games, and have been caught lying countless times, they are as credible as Gillard.
Avatar was ok, but it was no Spyro The Dragon.