Tag: 4k

  • Another 720p to 4K GigaPixel AI Demo

    Just shot something quick a few hours ago. Wanted to show how awesome AI enhancement can be. On the left is the original 720p screenshot. On the right is the upscaled to 2160p (aka 4K) screenshot. Impressive as hell, innit? But pay close attention to what the AI got wrong. Notice the extra hair it generated on my palm and forehead. LOLOL. And the patches under by eyes are extremely ghoulish and exaggerated. But it was able to detect my chapped lips, so that’s incredible as hell.

    Notice how the word “Michigan” doesn’t quite look right. But this is only for a few frames, so in motion it doesn’t matter at all. You wouldn’t even catch it. But a human would be able to figure it out. Otherwise, yes, very impressive.

  • Doom 3 with patch 1.3.1 Windows 11 Escape From Alpha Labs

    Irritating playing on easiest mode and not having full control of the mouse trigger. It’s clear the trigger is “bricked” at times to induce fear and panic. Something to do with detecting that you’re “too good”, have too much health, too much ammo at any given time. But otherwise, the game runs perfectly on Windows 11 as long as you install the community patch version 1.3.1. I have the original Doom 3 retail CDs and it’s at version 1.0.1, so that shit just didn’t run on Windows 11 off the bat. You have to move the contents from discs 2 and 3 into the first setup folder just so the installer can find all the pak files.

  • AI Upscale Side By Side Compare 720p To 4K

    A demo comparison between original 720p video upscaled 6x using Topaz Gigapixel AI and Topaz Sharpen AI.

  • How We Came To Be

    http://youtu.be/V_DT-mg_3IA

    OMG. I just realized how we came into existence. Watch that Sony gimmicky 4K ice bubble video and then you’ll realize how, if you have any inclination about physics and nature and chaos. In science, the laws of the universe are, well, UNIVERSAL. Therefore, whatever phenomenon you witness on Earth MUST be the same as it is on Mars, in the Milky Way, in a black hole, in the sun, etc. It should all be the same.

    So watching that bubble freeze in high-speed video (I don’t know if it’s computer-generated or not, it might as well be, but that would defeat the purpose of Sony selling their cameras too not just their TVs). Anyway, the bubble froze into what resembled our Earth. Ain’t that a trip?

    So we came to be because the Earth was some random bubble in space and froze. But it doesn’t pop like these bubbles because it’s so big and in it contained dirt and bacteria and other randomly evolving cosmos space dust. And then our ancient ancestors climbed out that boiling water ooze soon after.

    Whoa!!!

  • True 4K resolution Blu-rays are coming

    http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=14923

    My god, why? I’m just getting used to standard HD (720p or 1080p). Now they want to sell us 3840 × 2160p x 60fps. Sure, things will look more lifelike, but I can’t imagine anyone having the time to appreciate it. People work, people are busy, they really don’t give a rat’s ass about ALL THAT RESOLUTION. Who really needs that kind of resolution besides feds and surveillance junkies? Even porn failed to sell this new tech, and they even tried 3D HD!

    Well, we’ll see. It’s becoming more like, who cares? Try telling a decent story for a change rather than just peddling a better looking picture.