Overall stability and performance enhancements also accelerate the content creation process. Installation and rendering is made faster, while 3ds Max Python 3 us now set as default Python interpreter. Autodesk also just released today 3ds Max For more information on all the new things in 3ds Max, you can check out the public roadmap.
So, looking back at all these releases, which one did you start with? Leave your thoughts in the comments. My very touch with 3D was 3D Studio v4. Huge difference. And on V2 Character studio! What a breakthrough at that time….. Same as Miltos, 3D Studio R4 but in for me. With version 2. Great times!!
First time using it I tried generating a lens flare pointing a light to a camera. Of course it rendered pitch black time and time again. Still use it daily in my work. Now I dabble with Blender for work. What an amazing journey, and what a changes in all those years. I started using max R2 and teaching max 4 in as a Discreet Training Specialist. I still teach max today to community college students! Another 3ds r4 user here, thanks for the great article!
As I look back I can remember another big step for 3ds, a great T-rex made with the revolutionary for the time meta-balls, maybe 97 or Wow that was a trip down memory lane! HK: It uses a parallax barrier. It's too technical — I can't really get into it — but basically, you have an image which is created for the left eye and another for the right eye.
The parallax barrier separates the images and makes sure that each eye is getting the image it is supposed to, and adjusts that — it's called stereopsis. HK: Basically, it turns the parallax on and off first of all — all the way down, you have a 2D image.
Basically what happens with the 3D depth slider is that it adjusts the image within the software itself. If you go to a 3D movie and it doesn't quite match up right, the 3D depth slider allows you to move those images around until you get what we call the sweet spot.
It's not really doing anything spectacular; it's just making slight adjustments to those images. Really, it's not that difficult, it's just that people haven't done it — they could have put it in other 3D implementations.
SB: What precisely does 3D bring to gameplay — you can see how it could help depth-perception when, say, playing a sniper game, or could help with the sense of speed in a driving game? HK: To sum it up really simply, it makes it easier to perceive distances more accurately. So that's depth, width and height: they all become easier to grasp. For example, in StarFox, there's the mode where you're flying through rings: on a 2D screen, sometimes that's hard to do, because you can't understand how far one ring is from the other.
But now, with the 3DS, it's easier to see where they are. Also, with a golf game, you can see how the green undulates much easier — because that's so hard to do in 2D, usually in a golf game, when you go into putting mode, you'll get that grid; with 3D, you can see that yourself. SB: At the moment, it's difficult to visualise exactly what Spot Pass will provide.
Can you give some examples of what it might bring? HK: Right now, we're getting together all the groundwork, so that we'll be able to provide a variety of different Spot Pass services going forwards. For example, if you register your wireless access point within your home, you'll be able to receive information automatically — it will look at your Friends list and if you've already registered certain people, it will say: "Hey, so-and-so is online, this person is offline" and so on.
One thing that is really important is that this doesn't require any active steps by the owner — it's all being pushed out to you and is passive and in the background. SB: And that will include a lot of content? Mr Iwata, for example, mentioned 3D film trailers.
But also, we'll be able to send out data relating to specific games. With Spot Pass, one thing we could do is send out data to everyone who has the game taking the form of a celebrity Mii character and their dog. So if you pass through one of those hot-spots, just like in your home, data will be pushed out to you automatically — again, it's a passive transaction which takes place in the background; you don't have to do anything other than be within range.
SB: Will those be generally available hotspots, or just for 3DS? HK: That's our hope, too — we don't have any details about that, but hopefully.
SB: When Nintendo 3DS was announced, you received some criticism for not having an eShop at launch, but instead via an update later in the year. Why was that not available at launch? HK: Let me address eShop specifically. It was a browser-based tool, and the responsiveness and ease of use weren't up to what we had hoped. Get verified for educational access to Autodesk products Confirm your eligibility with SheerID today.
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