The DemoScene was always for the love of the game. When we had more of a shared culture (saw the same movies, listened to the same music, etc) it was easier to see things done that can amaze you. pushing the hardware to places it was not thought possible. Now today, and 2SB is a testament to that, there are so many opportunies to do something crazy - hacking an LLM into animal crossing on gamecube anyone ??!?!
Our expectations are also higher - I remember building a ray tracer for the Mac II for my graphics class in '88. I made a movie - maybe 17 seconds long. all in my class when "oooh - ahhh" appreciating the accomplishment. I showed it to my girlfriend at the time and she said "I've seen better on MTV....". The technical merits are drowned out by what is common place on other system. sigh.
Our expectations are also higher - I remember building a ray tracer for the Mac II for my graphics class in '88. I made a movie - maybe 17 seconds long. all in my class when "oooh - ahhh" appreciating the accomplishment. I showed it to my girlfriend at the time and she said "I've seen better on MTV....". The technical merits are drowned out by what is common place on other system. sigh.