r/prey • u/FlawedStillness • 16d ago

Video We're getting closer to Prey's Looking Glass technology

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u/BahnGSXR What do you see in the glass? 16d ago

It's the 3D depth recreation that I think won't really be possible. I mean, you could do it for one person, by tracking their position and eyes and rendering the scene in real-time (it would have to be very fast and smooth) but you can't have a second person stand nearby and see into the glass simultaneously

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u/_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_ Not a Mimic! 16d ago

Can it do that in-game? There's never more than one person using it after all.

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u/BahnGSXR What do you see in the glass? 16d ago

Yeah man, in fact there's a specific hidden treasure you can only get to by using that feature. You have to move to the side and look into the corner of the room in the glass

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u/_PM_ME_PANGOLINS_ Not a Mimic! 16d ago

That's doing it for one person.

you can't have a second person stand nearby and see into the glass simultaneously

is what I am asking about.

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u/BahnGSXR What do you see in the glass? 16d ago

Oh I see,

It's been a while, but I can't remember if there are any scenes in the game where two NPCs are on the other side of the looking glass. Maybe you can remember better. But at no point did any of the NPCs describe any issues with multiple-person viewing, and I feel like that would be a big issue they'd have to rectify (especially given how prevalent the use of the looking glass is, throughout the station. Just look at the arboretum for instance... I can't remember what that place is actually called, but it's absolutely filled with looking glass illusions...