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When I interview a new C++ programmer, my favourite question is not about const-correctness or virtual tables, but: "Do you comment your code?". I still ask about virtual tables, but asking about code comments always springs some interesting discussions and gives me a good insight about the level of care the aspiring programmer puts in crafting his code to not only make it correct and fast, but also to make it easy to work with. I witnessed puzzled faces wondering if that was a trick question (yes it is), and one unlucky candidate pushed his luck to a very bold "which good programmer doesn't comment his code!". Me.

More and more love to Stereo-3D in CryEngine [ITALIAN]

The interview is in italian, talking about Stereo-3D in CryEngine and my experience in the industry. The snowstorm in Frankfurt prevented me from flying to Milan, give up? No, I will have nothing of this nonsense! Skype solved the problem.

Straight from my living room… Enjoy.

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Also you can notice from the previous video that I’m getting slimmer and slimmer. Thanks to the guys at VideoGamesParty.it for their help.

AAA Stereo 3D in Crysis 2 – Talk at 3D In Your Face

I finally got the uncut, uncensored, untainted footage of my talk at 3D In Your Face in Bradford last month. About three hundred people (!!) were attending, it was great fun and quite scary for the first couple of minutes. Luckily the first couple of minutes are missing, but you get thrown in the mix at no cost a full five minutes of Crysis 2 in game!

Enjoy the show.

3D In Your Face - AAA Stereo in Crysis 2 from Francesco Carucci

And don’t miss the slides from the talk.

AAA Stereo 3D

 

Special thanks go to Nicolas Schulz from RnD who wrote the slides on Reprojection and implemented the actual algorithm and the Crysis 2 team for the amazing game. Big kudos go to my partner in crime, Jens Schobel (yes, I will never write your name correct, ever!) for writing the slides together and giving the same talk together in Cologne and Barcelona. I missed you man!

Comments on how to improve my l337 presenting skillz0r are greatly welcome.