LivePlace shows off graphics in the cloud

Holy. Crap.

This video, ganked from TechCrunch, shows off some of the most amazing graphics tech I’ve ever seen, assuming that it is what it claims to be, which is a server-side graphics engine running “in the cloud.”

While there are a number of online games that offer impressive graphics (though none of this caliber), the real potential behind LivePlace and the OTOY engine is the cloud-based rendering engine, which allows games on almost any computer to play without needing a powerful graphics card.

Is this for real?? That’s in-freaking-sane!!