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David_Elvins

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The quality of the 3D rendering is ridiculous.  I am not completely convinced that the course has not already been built.

https://youtu.be/FrgUmwmreDM


Looks like a great project.  Hopefully it comes to fruition.

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Adam Lawrence

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Re: The plan for the new Kingston Heath short course is ridiculous
« Reply #1 on: July 20, 2021, 04:42:37 AM »
That's a Harris Kalinka rendering. Their work is incredible.
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Ally Mcintosh

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Re: The plan for the new Kingston Heath short course is ridiculous
« Reply #2 on: July 20, 2021, 04:49:08 AM »
That’s actually scary. I fear for the future.

David_Elvins

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Re: The plan for the new Kingston Heath short course is ridiculous
« Reply #3 on: July 20, 2021, 05:01:08 AM »
That’s actually scary. I fear for the future.


Glad I wasn't the only one!
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Mark Pearce

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Re: The plan for the new Kingston Heath short course is ridiculous
« Reply #4 on: July 20, 2021, 06:16:19 AM »
Extraordinary.  When will this be built?  Ready for the 25/26 Ashes?


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The concerns around the technology that allows that and how it may be misused is frightening.
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Duncan Cheslett

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Re: The plan for the new Kingston Heath short course is ridiculous
« Reply #5 on: July 20, 2021, 09:40:46 AM »
I just showed this to my 20 year-old son, who is impressed by nothing.


He is seriously impressed by this!

Adam Lawrence

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Re: The plan for the new Kingston Heath short course is ridiculous
« Reply #6 on: July 20, 2021, 09:47:13 AM »
If you think this is impressive you should try one of HK's animations via a VR headset. It's mind-boggling.
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Adrian_Stiff

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Re: The plan for the new Kingston Heath short course is ridiculous
« Reply #7 on: July 20, 2021, 09:53:46 AM »
I thought Ben Stephen's stuff was good but this off the charts.
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Jeff Schley

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Re: The plan for the new Kingston Heath short course is ridiculous
« Reply #8 on: July 20, 2021, 09:57:57 AM »
Holy shish kabobs I never would have guessed it was a rendering. Even the players looked real in the distance and the shadowing uniformity is like showing off!


Yet another great addition to an already too course.
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Marty Bonnar

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Re: The plan for the new Kingston Heath short course is ridiculous
« Reply #9 on: July 20, 2021, 10:05:41 AM »
Believe NOTHING you see on the Internet. Rendering of things even as complex as a human face are now practically 100% photo-realistic.
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Jeff Schley

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Re: The plan for the new Kingston Heath short course is ridiculous
« Reply #10 on: July 20, 2021, 10:21:00 AM »
I read their Director of Golf's Justin Burrage's LinkedIn post who said it is drone footage that has been used with the computer renderings.  Great innovation.
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PCCraig

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Re: The plan for the new Kingston Heath short course is ridiculous
« Reply #11 on: July 20, 2021, 10:55:25 AM »
I mean...it looks OK ;) ;)
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Kalen Braley

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Re: The plan for the new Kingston Heath short course is ridiculous
« Reply #12 on: July 20, 2021, 01:51:04 PM »
Yea that is damn good, but there was one very obvious giveaway...

Matt_Cohn

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Re: The plan for the new Kingston Heath short course is ridiculous
« Reply #13 on: July 20, 2021, 07:08:45 PM »
Yea that is damn good, but there was one very obvious giveaway...


What's that?

Kalen Braley

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Re: The plan for the new Kingston Heath short course is ridiculous
« Reply #14 on: July 20, 2021, 08:03:43 PM »
Yea that is damn good, but there was one very obvious giveaway...

What's that?

Its nothing new for this kind of thing - Simulating natural movement.  Watch how the flags move in the wind...

Peter Flory

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Re: The plan for the new Kingston Heath short course is ridiculous
« Reply #15 on: July 20, 2021, 08:46:03 PM »
They (Harris Kalinka) are incredible at this, but this actually looks like an improvement.  I wonder if they've upgraded anything. 


Hopefully this is what golf video games look like at some point. 

Joel_Stewart

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Re: The plan for the new Kingston Heath short course is ridiculous
« Reply #16 on: July 20, 2021, 09:31:02 PM »
From my eye its amazing. 


Did I miss the rendering from who or what architects plans?

Matthew Rose

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Re: The plan for the new Kingston Heath short course is ridiculous New
« Reply #17 on: July 21, 2021, 04:01:29 AM »
Would love to get inside the head of those Harris Kalinka folks.

I do more or less what they are doing but on a much simpler level. I'm guessing it is more sophisticated than Unity
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Thomas Dai

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Re: The plan for the new Kingston Heath short course is ridiculous
« Reply #18 on: July 21, 2021, 07:59:25 AM »
Pretty amazing. Makes me wonder as to the future of architecture and in particular selling projects to golf club committees, members etc. Then download/gps it into a few machines and ………
Atb

Tom_Doak

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Re: The plan for the new Kingston Heath short course is ridiculous
« Reply #19 on: July 22, 2021, 08:53:32 PM »
Pretty amazing. Makes me wonder as to the future of architecture and in particular selling projects to golf club committees, members etc. Then download/gps it into a few machines and ………
Atb


Yes, and no.  We are doing just that at The Lido and there is still a lot to edit, where Peter’s computer game model (as good as it is) does not match the aerial photo of the course.


Also, in a computer sim version there are no heavy rains so no need to worry about real world concerns like DRAINAGE.  The tees are dead flat, greens drain over the faces of bunkers, etc.  In Wisconsin the site is so ridiculously sandy and free draining that this presents few problems, but anywhere else you would have to be much more careful in thinking what goes into the computer.  Just like it’s always been - garbage in, garbage out.

Thomas Dai

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Re: The plan for the new Kingston Heath short course is ridiculous
« Reply #20 on: July 23, 2021, 04:10:31 AM »
Pretty amazing. Makes me wonder as to the future of architecture and in particular selling projects to golf club committees, members etc. Then download/gps it into a few machines and ………
Atb
Yes, and no.  We are doing just that at The Lido and there is still a lot to edit, where Peter’s computer game model (as good as it is) does not match the aerial photo of the course.
Also, in a computer sim version there are no heavy rains so no need to worry about real world concerns like DRAINAGE.  The tees are dead flat, greens drain over the faces of bunkers, etc.  In Wisconsin the site is so ridiculously sandy and free draining that this presents few problems, but anywhere else you would have to be much more careful in thinking what goes into the computer.  Just like it’s always been - garbage in, garbage out.
Fair point Tom, not disagreeing. Do you reckon it's likely that as techie stuff continues to develop, especially at the rate things have evolved over the last couple of decades, other aspects will be included or will there maybe be a point when using techie stuff becomes excessively expensive and thus adversely effects the chances of a project happening? Just curious as to how you and others see things morphing over the next few years.
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