tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35435986723191050182024-02-20T02:24:44.070-08:00Demoscene Outreach Tour 2007+1+6Scene.org travels to California to arrange NVScene, and to spread the word of the demoscene.Bent S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08453309224675554661noreply@blogger.comBlogger44125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543598672319105018.post-43614451900497647242014-03-07T05:02:00.001-08:002014-03-07T05:03:31.856-08:00We're back!In case you happen to read this: NVScene is back!
We'll be gathering once again at the end of March in San Jose, hosted by NVIDIA's GPU Technology Conference, and we already have a very strong roster of speakers. Who knows, we might start posting some live stuff here again!
See you there!Gargajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580336162240444312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543598672319105018.post-80622945449233739942012-04-27T00:26:00.001-07:002012-04-27T00:26:15.311-07:00This blog is (obviously) not updated any longerHi all!
For some reason, this blog keeps getting hits. We'd just like to say that it's obviously not being updated any longer, but we just saved it from Blogger.com-deletion, so it'll stay online (but, as said: it will not be updated).
For more up-to-date links on demoscene activities, go here instead:
Displayhack.org
Pouet.net
Twitter.com/gloom303Bent S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08453309224675554661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543598672319105018.post-31843497445775634992008-08-28T15:01:00.001-07:002008-08-28T15:01:58.339-07:00Watch the live version of the 4k and demo compos4k competition:
Demo competition:
Bent S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08453309224675554661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543598672319105018.post-12436820912134851592008-08-27T14:08:00.001-07:002014-03-07T06:00:45.450-08:00Prizegiving (updated: results!)Full results from NVScene here:
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/_/ |Bent S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08453309224675554661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543598672319105018.post-35107351396233134432008-08-26T23:00:00.000-07:002008-08-26T23:14:07.522-07:00Compos done - WOW!Okay, I'm close to speechless - that was probably both the best 4k and best demo compo I have attended this year. The prods were great, the crowd went wild - it was just a perfect evening of demoscene spirit! I'm going to bed now so I'm leaving you with this image:Bent S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08453309224675554661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543598672319105018.post-76311023391963423322008-08-26T13:04:00.000-07:002008-08-26T13:14:01.971-07:00Chaos' seminarA magical number.Chaos' excellent user interface sketches for werkzeug.Chaos blows things up!Showing off werkzeug.Bent S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08453309224675554661noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543598672319105018.post-22347640697976638882008-08-26T10:52:00.000-07:002008-08-26T11:06:11.795-07:00Mentor's seminarMentor/TBC is currently on stage, and the Q&A has just started. He thought he could just jump off stage and hide, but no. :) The audience wanted to know more about how making such 4k intros are possible.Mentor shows off the animation system used in Micropolis.Mentor tells us how NOT to make 4k intros."ARGH! IT'S THE INSIDE OF THE MATRIX!" (quote from Chaos :)Mentor shows off what the "source"Bent S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08453309224675554661noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543598672319105018.post-43944168544654983002008-08-26T10:48:00.000-07:002008-08-26T10:51:15.719-07:00Videos from Demoscene.tvDemoscene.tv is present at NVScene, making reports and putting them online as soon as they are edited. Here you can follow these reports (Flash player is needed)
Bent S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08453309224675554661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543598672319105018.post-20698363761882211282008-08-26T10:37:00.000-07:002008-08-26T11:07:43.118-07:00Pictures from last nightPeople chilling out around the "bonfire"! Steeler giving the traditional german salute :)The american demo posse (from left to right: gd, zsazS, and trixter) Navis and someone from NVIDIA, Matt from the NVScene crew in the background. Phoenix/Hornet - demomaking is NOT A CRIME! Pan/Spinning Kids just before he went into camera-lens analytical mode. :) Bent S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08453309224675554661noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543598672319105018.post-69314720632049396072008-08-25T12:47:00.001-07:002008-08-25T14:57:36.606-07:00IQ's talk (updated - Blogger works again :)IQ just finished his talk on generating virtual worlds in 4 kilobytes on the GPU, and the room was packed. 140+ people, standing room only. Here are some pictures:Right now pretty much everyone is heading over to the keynote speech by Jen-Hsun Huang, so the room is finally quiet and relaxed again. :) The crew will be having some lunch now, and in an hour, the seminars will continue. Be sure not Bent S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08453309224675554661noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543598672319105018.post-14538331620889177332008-08-25T11:08:00.000-07:002008-08-25T11:11:53.725-07:00120 people - hall almost packed!Okay, so.. right now there are 120+ people in the hall, listening to IQ's talk about "Rendering worlds in 4 kilobytes on the GPU", and I just had to share this picture with you:Bent S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08453309224675554661noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543598672319105018.post-53715104932766065812008-08-25T10:46:00.001-07:002008-08-25T10:57:35.157-07:00NVScene has started, Preacher on stageWe're on! This morning at 09:00, people started to coming into the hall and finding their seats, and right now it is 10:50, and Preacher is just wrapping up his talk. I don't have much time to add a long rant about how cool it was, just trust me.. this is AWESOME! The hall is already almost completely packed (!) - a quick headcount gives me 80+ people right now.IQ is just about to start his talk Bent S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08453309224675554661noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543598672319105018.post-41334027640396464562008-08-24T18:00:00.000-07:002008-08-24T18:12:58.811-07:00<--- actual size --->Test-pattern, featuring Chaos/Farbrausch for size reference. :)The new projector lens is in place - ACTUAL SIZE! (click to enlarge - it's worth it!)Bent S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08453309224675554661noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543598672319105018.post-41120529845497036492008-08-24T14:25:00.000-07:002008-08-24T14:29:54.452-07:00..and from Norway..Hey everyone, it's Duckers of Outracks! After Gargaj showed up at Solskogen without letting (hardly) anyone know, the norwegian scene mafia decided to get back at him and to secure the 1st place in the "Show up unannounced at demo parties"-award. :)Gargaj is surprised by Duckers!Aaaaw.. :)Bent S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08453309224675554661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543598672319105018.post-52843435490143087902008-08-24T11:57:00.000-07:002008-08-24T12:01:02.106-07:00Limo-shotChaos, Navis and Ekki in the limo (!)By popular demand, here is a picture from inside of the limo that picked us up at the airport. I apologize for the crappy picture quality, because it was shot with my mobile phone. :)Also, while travelling, you always take "funny" pictures - this one is from Terminal 5 at Heathrow airport on saturday afternoon:Chaos! :)Bent S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08453309224675554661noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543598672319105018.post-50907870589800123042008-08-24T10:54:00.000-07:002008-08-24T11:57:41.808-07:00Last night and this morning (sunday, californian time)If you want to skip to the compo machine specs, jump down to the bottom of this post!Monday: Last night we did a tour of the enormous venue, so we got to see both the NVScene room as well as the seminar-room and all the other halls around the venue (the GeForce LAN room, which is a just far enough from the NVScene room that we won't have a problem with noise, but just close enough that we can getBent S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08453309224675554661noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543598672319105018.post-52985067613361333582008-08-23T18:30:00.000-07:002008-08-23T18:43:52.153-07:00Arrived in San Jose!After having been up since 04:00 this morning (which will make this my 24 waking hour today) we have finally arrived in San Jose. I ended up on the same plane as Pixtur, Chaos, Navis and Ekki and when we got to San Franciso we were picked up in a limo which was sort of absurd, but quite fun. :)We're all in the middle of organizing the party now, so here are just a few quick snapshots:This is the Bent S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08453309224675554661noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543598672319105018.post-22831664849930083212008-08-22T14:53:00.000-07:002008-08-22T14:55:26.467-07:00Packing my bagsI have almost completed all of my packing, and in 5 hours I have to get up to go to Oslo Airport to travel to London, meet up with Ekki, Navis and Chaos and spend another 11 hours on the plane to San Francisco. Gargaj is already in San Francisco now, he landed a few hours ago (lucky bastard), and will probably be adding some posts to the blog while I'm in the air.NVScene - here I come!Bent S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08453309224675554661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543598672319105018.post-25466207238405493222008-08-18T00:53:00.000-07:002008-08-18T01:03:55.210-07:00NVScene in one week!Whoa! In just one week it's time for NVScene in San Jose, California! If you live in the US, you REALLY can't afford to miss this! A three-day marathon of demoscene goodness (though you can come for just one day if you wish), with both demo and 4k intro competitions that are sure to blow your socks off. Also, the following guests will be attending from Europe and hosting talks and seminars Bent S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08453309224675554661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543598672319105018.post-15808171831630117882008-06-22T13:21:00.001-07:002008-06-22T13:24:23.251-07:00Return to the USWe're returning - at NVScene during NVISION 2008, all of us will be back in California! It will be 11 months after our last visit and we are really looking forward to it. We hope that all of the people we visited on our first Demoscene Outreach Tour will attend NVScene in San Jose in August. We will also be hanging out a few extra days, probably going back to San Francisco as well, so if you're Bent S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08453309224675554661noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543598672319105018.post-45125749082280668782008-02-25T09:19:00.000-08:002008-02-25T09:22:09.332-08:00demoscene.us forum opened!Finally, the demoscene in the U.S. has a forum now - sure, it looks a bit dire right now, but it will be a good start for future initiatives, so go join if you're located in North America :)Gargajhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13580336162240444312noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543598672319105018.post-7469508031989789442008-02-05T12:00:00.000-08:002008-02-11T23:35:22.286-08:00NVScene - first news!Hey good people! Long time, no writey (we know, sorry :) -- we can now start to talk about our many NVIDIA meetings. If you want to take a look at some nice teaser info, be sure to visit www.nvision2008.com right now."For serious graphics users who can't wait to alter their reality, NVISION 2008 delivers the world's most awe-inspiring, mind blowing visual computing experiences. And that's just Bent S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08453309224675554661noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543598672319105018.post-7196961300272633062007-11-11T15:34:00.000-08:002007-11-11T15:52:16.837-08:00Some more picturesApproaching San Francisco (and about time as well - we'd been airborne for over 10 hours :)Yeah yeah, I know it's "TimbAland", but it's still funny. :)The roads were actually pretty horrible, and the people drove like animals.Yes, the Pixar lunch area is actually named "Cafe Luxo" :)Yes! We found an old ZAXXON arcade machine in the Pixar offices! :)STEAM'07 - now in the Bay Area!Steeler doing Q&Bent S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08453309224675554661noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543598672319105018.post-17004586185936848042007-11-05T14:17:00.000-08:002007-11-05T14:18:46.847-08:00Hello EuropeAfter almost 29 hours of travel, three plane-trips and so many airport lobbies I don't want to see one for at least half a year.. I am home. :) Steeler is in Hamburg, and as far as I know, Gargaj is now home in Budapest.More pictures and stuff will come, but for now .. sleep is needed!Bent S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08453309224675554661noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3543598672319105018.post-75945953540785712432007-11-04T08:30:00.001-08:002007-11-04T10:55:04.174-08:00Time to head homeUS demomakers - start your engines!It is now 08:30 here in San Francisco, and after spending the previous eight or nine days either travelling or doing outreach, it will actually be good to set foot on native soil again. For me, that means Norway, for Steeler, it is Germany, and for Gargaj, it is the home of the "Culture Crash" (or Hungary, as some people say :)It has been an amazing trip, and weBent S.http://www.blogger.com/profile/08453309224675554661noreply@blogger.com5