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30 Jul 2024 06:22:27 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Mars needs to get the heck out of the Uncanny Valley  
From: Invisible
Date: 7 Apr 2011 04:05:31
Message: <4d9d704b$1@news.povray.org>
On 06/04/2011 06:22 PM, nemesis wrote:
> Invisible escreveu:
>>> Why wait for a great sunny day to shoot when your digital sun and blue
>>> sky look better with no sign of smog?
>>
>> I think the difficulty of waiting for a sunny day is utterly eclipsed
>> by the sheer intractability of rendering realistic smoke, flames,
>> dirt, surf...
>
> I'm seeing realistic enough smoke, flames and dirt in games these days,
> let alone in movies...

This stuff is improving all the time of course. They have now managed to 
get believable fur and basic water working in CGI. But I've yet to see 
anybody manage really high-quality smoke or flames yet.


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