The Ducks demo was a tech demo that demonstrated the capabilities of the PlayStation 2 at E3 2000 and the PlayStation 3 at E3 2005. A tech demo (technology demonstration is a prototype rough example or an otherwise incomplete version of a product put together with the primary purpose of showcasing the idea performance The E3 Media and Business Summit, formerly known as Electronic Entertainment Expo and commonly known as E3, is an annual Trade show for the computer 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In the PlayStation 2 demo, only one duck is shown interacting with the water in the bathtub. In the PlayStation 3 demo, there are many ducks interacting with each other and their environment. A visual representation of the leap in processing abilities from the PlayStation 2 Sony executives promise the PlayStation 3 will deliver.
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The 2005 Demo
In the demo, Phil Harrison shows the crowd a small bathtub with some rubber ducks in it. Phil Harrison is the former British corporate executive and a representative director of Sony Computer Entertainment Inc A rubber duck, or rubber ducky, is a toy shaped like a duck and is generally yellow He uses these to demonstrate the real-time water ripples and dynamics. He then uses two toy pirate ships to demonstrate cloth dynamics. To show the Cell's processing power, he adds a huge amount of ducks to the tub (all reacting as they would in real-life, due to the advanced physics engine). Cell is a Microprocessor architecture jointly developed by Sony Computer Entertainment, Toshiba, and IBM, an
The EyeToy
Phil Harrison then invites the creator of EyeToy to show the new technology the PlayStation 3 can use. History The EyeToy was originally devised by Dr Richard Marks who had the idea of connecting a Web camera to a PlayStation 2 and using it to play games Plugging a standard PlayStation 2 EyeToy into the PlayStation 3, he picks up two ordinary cups and proceeds to move the cups in a scooping motion, which scoops up the water pictured on screen. (animated and reacting as real water would). Phil comments dryly that "this is only possible with the use of LOD technology, for those of you that don't know, LOD stands for Loads of Ducks" (babooom!)
Trivia
The Ducks demo was the basis for Super Rub 'a' Dub which is a downloadable title for the PS3 produced by SCEE. Super Rub 'a' Dub is a downloadable game on the PlayStation Store for the PlayStation 3 video game console
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