Command & Conquer coded in HTML5
January 24, 2012 – 9:57 pm | No Comment

Remember the classic RTS known as Command & Conquer? Well, an enterprising coder, Aditya Ravi Shankar, actually recreated the strategy game using nothing but HTML5, where it runs on 69k of Javascript. Why did he set out on such an adventure? For starters, Shankar’s attempt was a self-mandated undertaking in order to improve his coding skills, where he gave himself a one month window to rebuild the game in the browser, and had to comb through the original game’s files in order to obtain all the right sprites, sounds and specs. According to Shankar, “In hindsight, I might have wanted to take smaller steps and make a tower defense game instead of jumping directly into an RTS. Trying to do the whole thing in under a month all by myself wasn’t the smartest idea.” As part of Shankar’s recreation of Command & Conquer, it included buildings, terrain, combat, tiberium harvesting and regrowth, in addition to the ability to sell and repair buildings. You want fog of war? It has that, too, in addition to a pannable map, different cursors, …

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Dolby Labs: Laptops should have surround sound too!

Submitted by admin on April 22, 2010 – 5:49 pmNo Comment

0da8b3cb0blogo1.jpg Dolby Labs: Laptops should have surround sound too!

Dolby Laboratories , longtime industry leaders in theater and film audio, have set their gaze upon the PC entertainment side of things. Specifically, getting surround sound from a laptop or netbook. I got a demo of some of the new tech they’ll be releasing in the coming months. Some super cool stuff. Dolby is working with various OEMs to include a number of new audio codecs. Dolby Home Theater v3, Dolby Advanced Audio, and Dolby Headphone. All three optimize your sound for the specific laptop you’re working on, bass and high frequency boost, and do a bit of compression repair. Unlike most “enhancers”, the Dolby codecs don’t sound like a graphic EQ just haphazardly slapped on the signal. And the algorithms are smart enough not to mess with your uncompressed material. Now for all the surround sound stuff . First, you can get simulated surround sound on any pair of headphones. It may not sound as distinct as actual…

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