You'll believe a man can fly

I was impressed by this.

A nice demo of the virtual texturing technique (also seen as MegaTexture in the engine for the next game from iD). Being able to zoom all the way in and out, and to fly over the whole area without any loading time at all is damned impressive.

From.

Download it and have a play yourself here.

via sarahs_muse

Interesting Links for 18-6-2011

• The future of computer graphics (from 1988 to 2011)
  (tags: future history animation graphics computer cgi technology)
• One of the reasons women earn less than men.
  (tags: gender pay money)
• How to choose the absolutely wrong person to write about girls and D&D
  (tags: feminism gaming women EpicFail)
• An overview of how the Scottish courts and the UK Supreme court interact
  (tags: uk scotland law)
• Refusal to unveil scuppers French refusal-to-unveil trial - Genius!
  (tags: islam religion clothing france epicwin law)
• MP says minimum wage a hindrance to disabled jobseekers (can you guess what party he's in?)
  (tags: conservatives uk politics pay)
• This is how I end up on the wrong side in internet arguments
  (tags: internet argument funny)