Second Reality

Unreal ] [ - The 2nd Reality (later known as Second Reality) is an IBM PC compatible demo created by Future Crew. It debuted at the Assembly 1993 demoparty, where it was entered into the PC demo competition, and finished in first place with its demonstration of 2D and 3D computer graphics rendering. The demo was released to the public in October 1993. It is considered to be one of the best demos created during the early 1990s on the PC; in 1999 Slashdot voted it one of the "Top 10 Hacks of All Time". Its source code was released in a GitHub repository as public domain software using the Unlicense on the 20th anniversary of the release on 1 August 2013.

Many techniques used by other demos, including Future Crew's own earlier work, were refined and reused in Second Reality. The demo had a soundtrack of Techno music composed by Skaven and Purple Motion using ScreamTracker 3. The degree of synchronization of the visuals with the music was highly impressive for its time.

First, the introduction plays, demonstrating text rendering on a background. After that is done, several ships appear and fly away from the camera, demonstrating 3D rendering. After some distance the ships disappear, sending out a shockwave (reminiscent of the Praxis explosion effect seen in the film Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country). The screen fades to display a rendition of Wendigo, at which point Purple Motion's main musical score for the demo begins. The image then flattens and falls horizontally to become a 3D, polygonal checkerboard.

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