PlayStation 2 [PS2] Original Tech Demo Presentation! (1999?)

March 2, 1999 - PlayStation 2 may be mind-boggling enough from a mathematics standpoint, but its white paper specifications can&truly be put into perspective until you see what they can spit out in the real world. And that&exactly what we saw at today&unveiling of the hardware in Tokyo. Sony Computer Entertainment&hardware wizard, Ken "Father of PlayStation" Kutaragi introduced a number of technical demos produced by Square, Namco, and Sony itself, all running in real-time on prototype hardware. On an important note, Sony was quick to stress that most developers did not receive the kits necessary to create these demos until a week ago. Here&a breakdown of what was shown: Ridge Racer Girl - Namco&second demo was a real-time recreation of the head of its R4: Ridge Racer Type 4 mascot girl. The detail here was phenomenal, looking as good, if not better, than she did in the game&introduction. Gran Turismo - In this rather straight-forward demonstration, Polyphony Digital has ported over the code from the original Gran Turismo, upping the texture resolution considerably, resulting in an almost photo-realistic racer. This was shown to illustrate the ease of moving PlayStation code onto PlayStation 2 with considerable enhancements. Emotion Demo - Square used the head of its "old man" character from Final Fantasy: The Movie to illustrate the Emotion Engine&incredible ability to manipulate facial features in real-time. The man looked exactly as he does in the film, right down to...