This video doesn’t need much explanation, other than a verbal reminder of how incredible video game graphics have become, just in the last 30 years, not to mention since the 70s (looking in your general direction, PONG):
Truly special effects, Part deux
(Screengrab from video) …and here’s another video from ILM showing how they created new planets all within their extremely powerful computers, for battle scenes in Rogue One (if you haven’t noticed already, we here at Trenderfriend are pretty big Star Wars nerds. And we’re totally fine with that):
Truly special effects
(Screengrab from video) When it comes to special visual effects in films, Star Wars is still leading the way, almost 40 years since the first film premiered in 1977 (that was 40 years ago!!!). Rogue One is no exception, and is now nominated for an Oscar for Best Visual Effects. This little behind-the-scenes vid gives…
How to do so much with so little land
Considering how much money, effort and infrastructure is used to create energy around the world, some people may be more than a little surprised how such a small amount of surface area on our planet can be used to power it completely, and then some: * (Image credit: Land Art Generator Initiative) The global map…
