An interview with the dev team making the game/engine Outerra. Have you ever heard of Outerra? For those of you not in the know, it’s basically a game engine that creates a nearly 1:1 scale of planet Earth you can explore. It’s still in development and the team is moving quick to implement new features such as a back story, game modes, better lighting and everything you can expect. While being geographically similar to Earth, it’s not pinpoint accurate. But it still gets the point across well enough.
The rise of the Oculus Rift and the omnidirectional treadmills coupled with some pretty incredible opportunities when it comes to reliving your favourite movies. The Outerra planetary engine recently displayed screenshots of a modelled Middle Earth and the best part of this is the Oculus Rift and Treadmill support that the Outerra engine provides!
DSOGaming writes: "When we first laid eyes on Outerra, we could not help but be impressed by its huge environment. And today, we present you a new video from this engine that will leave you speechless with how huge its environment actually is."
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I thought this was really poorly scaled until I realized how small the trees were.
Doesn't really sink in just HOW massive that was until the very end where it goes first person view-ish close up.
Absolutely amazing.One of the reasons i love games like Elder scrolls or fallout is not because of story or gameplay (Clunky and very bare bones tbh) it's actually more about getting lost in these massive worlds and just exploring, or getting into the lore.Just soaking up everything i can from the adventure.
If anyone makes an RPG on this scale i think i'll be in digital heaven for years.
Now make this into an mmo where each player can pick a place on the map and build their own city, and can visit other cities in first person mode.
DSOGaming writes: "YouTube’s member ‘luishi5000′ has created a gorgeous outdoor environment with the Outerra Engine. luishi5000 made these structures to show off the potential scale of models in Outerra, and these models have baked in ambient occlusion. The total polygon count on the models (combined) is about ~400,000 (triangles) and this scene runs with 60fps at 1080p with a GTX660Ti. Enjoy!"
I reckon they should carry on until they have created an open world solar system.
Would also be cool If as many studios could help this project in spare time etc.. each studio doing a different city until the whole world is created as accurately as possible and used in games like skyrim and fallout. I know it wouldn't happen but would be so beneficial to gaming
It's an amazing project! It has so much petential, my head nearly explodes just thinking of it