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From: anc@camcon.uucp (Adrian Cockcroft)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.transputer
Subject: Re: Distributed processing for multiple scene generation.
Summary: see the inmos flight simulator
Message-ID: <1603@gofast.camcon.uucp>
Date: 17 Jun 88 16:54:29 GMT
References: <8806141712.AA00932@tatoosh>
Organization: Cambridge Consultants Ltd., Cambridge, UK
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In article <8806141712.AA00932@tatoosh>, dmg@ADEA-ATT.ARPA (David Gagliano) writes:
> 	Anyone out there aware of any work done to generate multiple
> 3D perspective views in real-time?

The Inmos Multiuser flight simulator does this at more than 20 frames/sec
(each frame is 512*512*8) using a bunch of T800's per user with all the
bunches connected in a ring. You play the game by shooting down the other
three people who are also playing the game.
It is described (with some nice colour pictures) in Inmos technical note 36
"A Transputer Based Multi-user Flight Simulator", by P. Atkin and S. Ghee.

Inmos have had it on the stand at some exhibitions and its great fun to play
as long as Stephen Ghee isn't flying around wiping everyone else out!


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