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Re:Amazon Sumerian: A way to create VR, AR, and 3D experiences by grogenaut on Monday November 27, 2017 @06:25AM (#15786548)
Not really. They mostly built a second parallel system for aws and moved to using it several years after launch. Yes they used knowledge that existed in house but it was a totally separate project and mini company
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Re:Amazon Sumerian: A way to create VR, AR, and 3D experiences by Theodores on Monday November 27, 2017 @08:59AM (#15787333)
We imagined that Amazon AWS was letting us use a few of their servers that were idle because it was not the Xmas rush. This was a convenient narrative at the time and it explained the competitive pricing. Reality was that it was a different gig.
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Re:Amazon Sumerian: A way to create VR, AR, and 3D experiences by grogenaut on Monday November 27, 2017 @03:51PM (#15791213)
I believe that was the goal, but like any large endeavor it took a while to get going.
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