Nvidia's RealityServer to Offer Ubiquitous 3D Images

WesternActor writes "ExtremeTech has an interview with a couple of the folks behind Nvidia's new RealityServer platform, which purports to make photorealistic 3D images available to anyone on any computing platform, even things like smartphones. The idea is that all the rendering happens 'in the cloud,' which allows for a much wider distribution of high-quality images. RealityServer isn't released until November 30, but it looks like it could be interesting. The article has photos and a video that show it in action."

It takes chutzpah to use the term "RealityServer"

[jeffb (2.718)]

...for demoware.

Re:It takes chutzpah to use the term "RealityServe

[DeadDecoy]

It could have been a CloudServer for vaporware.

Stop saying "cloud"

[HockeyPuck]

FTFA:

By moving ray tracing and many other high power graphics algorithms off the client and into the cloud, lightweight-computing platforms like netbooks and smartphones can display photorealistic images in real time.

Why not just say:

By moving ray tracing and many other high power graphics algorithms off the client and onto nvidia's servers, lightweight-computing platforms like netbooks and smartphones can display photorealistic images in real time.

I guess it's just not as cool...

I wonder if this would work for cooking?

By moving cutting, peeling, baking, frying and many other food preparation techniques off the dining room table and into the food cloud (kitchen), lightweight-eating platforms like TV trays and paper plates can be used to eat off of in real time.

Re:Stop saying "cloud"

[thePowerOfGrayskull]

Thin client -> fat client -> thin client -> fat client. *yawn*

We were forced to stop using the term "fat client' here at Big Bank; our end-users got offended when they heard the term, apparently they thought we were talking about the /users/ and not the systems... Instead, we must call it "thick client"* -- which is odd, since if they interpret it the same way it's just as insulting from another direction.

*go ahead, laugh, but it really happened!

Re:Uh oh...

[Anonymous Coward]

Not your personal army.

Re:Stop saying "cloud"

[Anonymous Coward]

I'm all about the "river computing" system. You dump whatever crap you want in, and its downstream's problem.

Re:What about Data Transfer

[geekoid]

Yes, no one could ever get you 30 frames a second, that's why we can't watch tv shows and movies online~