Media Molecule Spend £4.1 Million On R&D
That's a lot of t-shirts.Published: 16:09, 09/01/2012 by Tuffcub.
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16For the twelve months ending March 2011 Media Molecule turned a healthy profit of £3.44 million thanks to LittleBigPlanet 2.
However during the same period the company spend a whopping £4.1 million on research and development including ‘leading edge physics and dynamics, rapid world creation from laser data, innovative routes to market via web based interfaces, 3D stereo-optics for advanced simulation, and use of ‘hi-def’ data capture and processing techniques.’
The team have already said they will not be producing LittleBigPlanet 3 so what they are working on is something of a mystery – although the obvious answer is ‘something for the PS4′.
‘Rapid world creation from laser data’ sounds intriguing as it indicates Media Molecule are working on a project based on real world locations.
Laser scanning is a relatively new technique in which buildings and terrain are zapped by lasers from above and the data is used to accurately recreate the terrain in a 3D computer model.
Click this link to check out a bridge that has been laser scanned and reconstructed in a simulation.
Source: Develop
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09/01/2012 at 16:37
Member since: Aug 2011
Intriguing. Sounds similar to what the SSX devs are doing
09/01/2012 at 16:44
Member since: Feb 2009
Laser scanning for terrain models is something I’d love to get into once I’ve finished Uni, the industry is worth billions :D
I can’t really imagine what kind of game they’d create next. The LBP genre is just so unique, it’s hard to think of them working on something like that. Anyway, let’s hope that £4.1 million makes it a good game!
09/01/2012 at 17:47
Member since: Jul 2009
laser scanning sounds kinda like what tony stark did in iron man 2 with that town model
09/01/2012 at 18:44
Member since: Feb 2009
I’m happy to see them moving on from the LBP IP. It will be good to see what else they can come up with.
10/01/2012 at 00:20
Member since: Mar 2011
Yeah, LBP 2 felt like a slightly backwards step for me, probably just wasn’t as fresh. Would love to see what new ideas they have, I’m sure it will be amazing..
09/01/2012 at 22:53
Member since: Oct 2008
Yay! A reference I get! I feel included.
10/01/2012 at 00:54
Member since: Jul 2009
Hopefully something with zombies.
10/01/2012 at 08:09
Member since: Aug 2009
So if i go outside there’s possibility that i’ll be zapped with a laser? I better keep an umbrella