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[Apoleptica]

Just imagine what games / virtual reality will be like in 20 years. God I wish I was like 5 years old.

 

[nib95]

Am I the only one who finds the title somewhat alarmist? I'm not denying the tech isn't making progress but it does not look perfect or real to me.

I was even discussing to myself today the idea of when will photorealistic humans become possible and I think we're still years awaaaay.

CG to me has yet to even touch the "almost real" mannequins in stop moton films.

We're not completely there, but we're certainly close.

 

[RibMan]

Imagine a Heavy Rain 2 with this amount of visual fidelity. It would be unbelievably stunning!

 

[ArchedThunder]

Wonder how long until we see games using this.

 

[HazySaiyan]

That's some Uncanny Valley level shit. I mean it's impressive but it's freaking me out a little

 

[Bsigg12]

That's some Uncanny Valley level shit. I mean it's impressive but it's freaking me out a little

I would say it's on the verge of pushing past uncanny valley. It's some really cool technology and shows where we're headed in 5-8 years.

 

[pswii60]

The funny thing was, I actually thought the eyes looked decent and not dead.

I don't think they move (much?) and I didn't notice the pupils adjusting, but of course the skin is the focus.

Indeed, the skin is the focus. This isn't an eye-tech demo.

 

[HMD]

We're not completely there, but we're certainly close.

I thought that they just cut his head from another video and looped it, didn't know it was fully CGI, it did look a little awkward though, the smile looked a bit forced.

 

[jerry1594]

Imagine a Heavy Rain 2 with this amount of visual fidelity. It would be unbelievably stunning!

So would any other game. Maybe even one without laughable writing.

 

[nib95]

I thought that they just cut his head from another video and looped it, didn't know it was fully CGI, it did look a little awkward though, the smile looked a bit forced.

Nope. Body is his brothers, but the head/face is fully CGI. If we can get to this sort of level in actual games this gen, I think we'll have made great progress.

 

[Paertan]

That was really cool. Great for movies and CGI cut scenes at least. A bit overkill for gameplay. Never really that close to a face. Unless you are playing Dentist Simulator 2015 or something.

 

[Lazaro]

We've come along way...

 

[RoadHazard]

Looks great, but "perfect" is pushing it. I can still rather easily tell I'm not looking at a real human being.

 

[jroc74]

We're not completely there, but we're certainly close.

Yup. I also thought it was a real shot taken from something else. Surprised to learn it wasnt....it was CGI.

 

[NotUS]

hmm, wonder how long before we see Nvidia Skinworks, Pascal maybe.

 

[DeadManWalking]

Only 3 titans x needed!!

 

[UrbanRats]

Looks fantastic.

 

[ultracal31]

Impressive! We've come a long way.

 

[Skux]

How computationally expensive is this? Looks like a pretty clever solution to just blur and sharpen the texture. Hope we see it in games soon (although I wouldn't hold my breath considering we're only just now seeing decent hair).

 

[whoszed]

I want to see my face in its CGI rendered creepiness for some reason

 

[supernormal]

This looks amazing. Does anybody know if this is the same graphical technique to what the Euphoria Engine does in Red Dead Redemption, where it made the muscles animate realistically in the horses as they ran?

To me, this is one of the most exciting advances in games. It's an enormous leap in realism when you look at visuals with tech like this compared to something without it.

Wrestling games are a good example of why we need this. One of the ugliest and "video gamey" examples of old graphics is seeing a muscular character whose bicep looks like it's permanently flexed, even when their arm is straightened; it looks so bad.

I hate this in every game. The stiff look on things that should be fluid and move hurts me more than anything else. When games go out of their way animate wrinkles in clothing (uncharted/gtav) or flexing muscles (fight night) it is immediately more impressive than something that remains stiff even if it has higher fidelity.

 

[orava]

Improving more subtle things like this helps but It's still going to look bad if the overall animation is not perfect. That's the biggest problem to solve with current cgi and makes even the best renders look fake as hell.

 

[Se7enSword]

At certain angles, the woman looked too real to me. Impressive progress.

 

[WolvenOne]

Closer, but there's something subtly off about this, especially during the more dramatic expression changes.

 

[ManUnkindH]

That girl should have a treatment for her face, it's all oily and stuff.

 

[IcyBlueStrawberry]

Looks a little freaky, but cool nonetheless.

Also appears to be the same model from the Emily video that was popular a few years ago.

 

[anothertech]

Uncanny, to say the least.

Can't wait for future.

 

[Symphonia]

Creepy as fuck.

 

[orava]

That girl should have a treatment for her face, it's all oily and stuff.

Actually, people are oily.

 

[dh4niel]

Looks awesome.

 

[PaulloDEC]

Looks pretty convincing to me. Look forward to seeing more tech like this in games.

 

[SPCTRE]

skin stretching? foreskin simulation in 3, 2, 1, ...

 

[Enter the Dragon Punch]

skin stretching? foreskin simulation in 3, 2, 1, ...

sorry but that feature was cut from this build

 

[Chao]

Impressive! We've come a long way.

Can't agree on young Jeff Bridges, I caught the movie on TV and was immediately creeped out by how fake it looked.

 

[DrBo42]

You be the judge.

Yeah, most impressive part by far. I'm on board for anything that will surpass Avatar so we can stop referencing that piece of shit.

 

[Dictator93]

Yeah, most impressive part by far. I'm on board for anything that will surpass Avatar so we can stop referencing that piece of shit.

Agreed.

 

[scitek]

Am I the only one who finds the title somewhat alarmist? I'm not denying the tech isn't making progress but it does not look perfect or real to me.

I was even discussing to myself today the idea of when will photorealistic humans become possible and I think we're still years awaaaay.

CG to me has yet to even touch the "almost real" mannequins in stop motion films

That's not the word I'd use.

 

[Auto-Reply]

Holy shit. Any word on the technical demands of such a thing?

It's translated to a shader according to op, so no trouble at all I assume.

 

[SPCTRE]

sorry but that feature was cut from this build

oh SNIP

 

[Uthred]

Goodbye uncanny valley or My computer waifu cant be this wrinkled

 

[DryvBy]

We're not completely there, but we're certainly close.

Crazy.

So is he going to be in Furious 8 in full CGI?

 

[nib95]

Crazy.

So is he going to be in Furious 8 in full CGI?

Don't think so. It'd be a logistical and budgetary nightmare. He parts ways in the movie, so I think that's it for Walker

 

[KKRT00]

I'm on board for anything that will surpass Avatar so we can stop referencing that piece of shit.

So Avatar 2?

 

[R10Neymarfan]

So is this the secret sauce 4-5 years later into this gen?

Can't wait for Quantic Dream to use this

 

[LeonSPBR]

That was beautiful. Really well done.

 

[Vital Tundra]

Looks fantastic, just need the right amount of animation to make it look less lifeless. Imagine Naughty Dog using this. Uncharted 4 is already proving to have some perfect animations at a cgi-like level. Boy tech is cool.

Look like she just roasted the shit out of someone lol

Also this is what I was thinking.

 

[oldergamer]

This doesn't have anything to do with games specifically. I think its possibly too expensive at the moment for realtime calculations.

 

[Trickster]

Yeah, most impressive part by far. I'm on board for anything that will surpass Avatar so we can stop referencing that piece of shit.

You gonna be mad salty when Avatar 2 uses tech like this and will be the new tech bar for years to come

 

[Finale Fireworker]

As a very cool gamer, I have nothing to add but to cross my arms and say, casually, "It's okay, but it could be better."

I'm just so very cool, you see.

 

[Summer Haze]

Wow, extremely impressive. Although she could do with flossing those cheese blocks.