Second Reality

A screencast of Second Reality (60fps)

Second Reality (originally titled Unreal ] [ - The 2nd Reality) is an IBM PC compatible demo created by the Finnish demogroup Future Crew. It debuted at the Assembly 1993 demoparty on July 30, 1993,[1] where it was entered into the PC demo competition, and finished in first place with its demonstration of 2D and 3D computer graphics rendering.[2] 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".[3] Its source code was released in a GitHub repository as public domain software using the Unlicense[4] on the 20th anniversary of the release on 1 August 2013.[5]

  1. ^ "Assembly 1993".
  2. ^ "Assembly 93 results". pouet.net. 2011-01-02. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
  3. ^ "Slashdot's "Top 10 Hacks of All Time"". slashdot.org. 1999-12-13. Retrieved 2010-12-25.
  4. ^ Tuomi, Mika (3 August 2017). "SecondReality: Source code and data of Second Reality by Future Crew in 1993" – via GitHub.
  5. ^ Smith, Ryan (2013-08-01). "Happy 20th Birthday Second Reality". Anandtech. Retrieved 2013-08-21.