The DF team were invited to GDC where the tech was unveiled and their first video was gushing over the technology while repeating Nvidia’s claims that the tech only modified lighting though there now seem to be some legitimate doubts about that. Also, they discuss receiving death threats over their initial positive coverage.
I appreciate the more in-depth discussion and admitting they should have waited, still don’t agree they should have taken audience and developer reaction into account, your opinion is your opinion and is valid if you think it’s great but honestly I’m still going to be more wary of DF’s future output.
But onwards, so something Alex covers kind of covered about the intent of the scene that they didn’t cover because everyone is focused on the face but something that instantly stood out to me is just about the background. He’s talking about the mood of the character about how she’s nervous and not wanting to go there, well the background and lighting also contributes to that in subtle but I think very important ways too.
The original it’s dark, it’s foggy, rainy, with the darkness prevailing over the light, with the gloom of the day is reflecting the mood of the character. The DLSS 5, it’s bright and shiny like it’s just a slightly damp day and the light is going to overcome the darkness at any minute. That to me stood out just as much as the OFication of the character.
ech@lemmy.ca 1 hour ago
People that issue death threats for shit like this are absolute trash excuses of humans. That said, DF is trying to double-dip here, sychopantically hyping a product unreservedly and then acting like they still have the credibility to act like objective critics. What a joke.
RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
I agree. While DF have always had the technical computer knowledge of the average iOS user, that doesn’t excuse death threats (if they even actually receieved any and aren’t just making the claim up for sympathy reasons) of any kind.
They made their hype video, now they make their pseudo-intellectual analyses to try to appeal to both sides of the equation: fanatics of and against DLSS. The problem is, they never had any credibility to begin with. None of their “technical” videos are detailed enough to be anything more than surface level overviews, which to the average iOS user makes them seem like geniuses, but anyone with real technical knowledge can see that they only know enough to be dangerous because they think they know more than they do.