HardwareNVISION 08 - Live! Jen-Hsun Keynote Coverage
It's NVIDIA's first NVISION and we've got live coverage of Jen-Hsun's keynote. Find out what NVIDIA's CEO has to say about the future of the company and GPUs....
Below is AnandTech's live coverage of NVIDIA's NVISION 08 day 1 keynote. The newest posts are at the top, keep refreshing for the latest updates. All timestamps are in EDT. 6:08PM - We're done! 6:07PM - "The idea that you're just being created and...your soul, what you're putting into the character isn't coming out. It's a scary thought, it's a threatening thought. The advantages and uses of it are amazing and we'll have to get used to it." - Trisha in response to Jen-Hsun asking her opinion on what the future of computer graphics means for actors in Hollywood. 6:02PM - Acting with multiple versions of yourself is apparently also hard. 5:59PM - One of the actresses in Battlestar Galactica (Trisha Helfer) is talking about acting with CG actors. Apparently this involves talking to tennis balls. 5:53PM - We should be nearing the end of the keynote (scheduled to end about a half hour ago). Jen-Hsun is talking about Battlestar Galactica as he's winding it down. 5:50PM - Actually manipulating user interfaces in hugely complex ways (with 10 fingers on many people) is possible because of the GPU today (Anand: correction, this is the coolest demo of the keynote). 5:45PM - Even cooler things can be done with really large screens (Jeff just called 30" displays small). Pretty cool stuff. Multiple people can use a large screen to cooperate on the same computer and screen and even data set without fighting over a cursor. 5:43PM - Jeff is talking about using... [ Read more on www.anandtech.com ]
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