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Valve’s development team has finally revealed some of the new features that will appear in their upcoming Dota 2 title. Fans of the DOTA series will now have access to a more powerful search engine, commentaries, and a “Directed Camera” mode. A Valve representative posted a quick rundown of what the Directed Camera can do: When you’re watching a tournament match, you’re usually watching it at the same time as a large number of other spectators. We wanted to improve the experience of watching live games, and the first problem we identified is that individual spectators don’t have a shared view of the game. 
This makes it harder to have a conversation with other spectators around what’s happening onscreen, because everyone will be watching from a different position. This problem led us to creating the Directed camera mode, where we were able to leverage our experience with Source TV to build a smart camera that knows what’s about to happen, and tries to make sure it’s in a good position to let you see that action unfold. So in addition to being able to kick back and relax knowing that the camera will always be where the action is, you’re also able to talk about anything happening onscreen because you know that everyone else watching the Directed camera is seeing the same thing you are. By Josh Engen |