A Game for Wistrel's

I made the tour a few weeks ago. The complete discovery tour. It was for free and it is indeed amazing. Unfortunately not in VR yet. But I think Ubisoft would be stupid like hell to not bring up a VR-version. This ancient Egypt runs already as VR in Ubisofts showroom in Montreal. It is really worth it!

Such worlds can change the fields of information and education dramatically. Well, some folks will get motion sickness with VR. But I enjoyed the flat tour already (65" TV, 4k). And I want it in VR! This masterpiece alone would be worth to buy a PlayStation + PSVR.

Four years ago we got a request to make 3D-scans of ancient ruins in Afghanistan, ~150 km east of Kabul. A Chinese company purchased mining rights there and will blast away all the remainings of settlements and ancient cultures in that area during the next years. I was ready to go there but non of my collegues followed me. So I decided to do the job alone with the help of people on-site and sent an offer for that project. Unfortinatally the activities of Taliban militia increased dramatically in this area and the customer decided to cancel the project. To sad!

But such projects could help to preserve mankinds cultural treasures. At least in VR. Ubisofts ancient Egypt is just a rough mockup. But it's a milestone for the future.

 

Hehe, probably I'm still alive because the project was cancelled. These Taliban guys are crazy. They destroy their own history and kill people for ideology reasons. All cultures did such things during the past. German and Mongolian barbarians as well as Greeks and Romans. We Germans burned books and bannend "entartete Kunst" 80 years ago and killed millions of jewish people. So I won't judge these Taliban or whatever guys. Instead I look forward to more projects like Ubisofts ancient Egypt.
For more sophisticate projects have a look at this 360° VR from BBC (use a mobile device!):
https://www.bbc.co.uk/taster/pilots/invisible-italy

 

New technology meets old rules:

We scanned an automotive production facility once with our 3D-scanner in 2010. It was strictly forbidden to take photos there. An authorized guy with a red-yellow vest, labeled "PHOTO", had to come and take pictures of our work. That made us lough. Hey, in the end we had a complete 3D-model of that building. With every single detail. But we were not allowed to take photos. LOL!

 

Currently I try to elate the boss of a befriended company to put more effort into this subject. But I'm sceptical. At the end money counts. And as long as possible customers can't or won't effort the high costs of qualitative scans and special software it will stay a dream. Probably only the dictatorship in China with its completely subsided expansion-orientated economy and a strange proud would jump onto this train. I should ask Xi Jinping to scan all the monuments of Chinese history and everything else along the new Silk Road for the glory of the communist party. Let's grab Confucius!
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/01/08/a-new-silk-road

 

Here is another one for Wistrel's. Life Is Strange:

I've just played Episode 2 (of 5). I was sceptical about a strange teenage story - as an old man. But WOW! I like it so much. It's slow, meaningful and interesting. And it's a phantastic story as well. About turn back time, Stephen Hawkins and the art of photography. Presented in comic-style. It's a piece of art.

 

I'm at Episode 4 meahnwhile with "Life Is Strange". I love it so much. Especiallly because my decisions change the story dramatically it seems, probably the end. I don't know yet from playing my normal version. But I will find it out later when I play the bad and the good version just to see what happens.

Beside of this I found another one today. Zero story. No fight. Just me and fat old russian machines in siberian mud. Nothing for Wistrel I guess but for Jamira. Looks pretty relaxed:

Will buy it ... NOW!

 

Wow Mud Runner looks right up my street.

But so does Life is Strange.

I don’t play a lot of games like you guys but I think I might have to get those.

Not sure when though coz going to the London Motor Show next month and short of cash.

 

Yep, the original names of this vehicles are Kraz, Sil, Kamas, Ural and so on (Крас, Зиль, Камас, Урал). I saw them often during my time in the army (1973-1975). I just gave it a shot with the tutorial before I went back to the final of "Life Is Strange". This will be definitely much fun! "Life Is Strange" ended really, really strange. Nomen est omen.

Looks like it'll become busy times. "Dangerous Elite" is still on the run (130 of 147 million Cr for the Anaconda earned so far), "Mud Runner" will take a lot of time, "Life Is Strange" deserves at least one other try and Bethesda announced "Summerset" for "ESO" in June. But "ESO" is not part of this thread as long as you didn't reach "Veteran" and can ride whole Tamiriel just for fun without fear and stress. But I can ;-)

 

"Mud Runner": 32 Euro
"Life Is Strange", Episode 1-5: 5x5=25 Euro (you may start with 5 Euro for Episode 1 and check if you really like it)

 

Thanks Jamira!

Episode 1 sounds like a plan. :)

 

Tass I was going to buy Life is Strange from Steam...do you mean it’s more expensive on Steam?

Or do Steam also give you episode 1 foc?