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If your wonder what really amazing realtime grass might look like in a video game. (Fifa 17) https://youtu.be/WLsPstW0iGQ https://youtu.be/WLsPstW0iGQ

• copperx 8y ago
  Does Fortnite feature the same algo?
• TeMPOraL 8y ago
  Isn't the grass on that video just a hi-res bitmap texture on flat ground? Sure looks like it.
  • m-p-3 8y ago
    I'm not sure, it's hard to see on that video, but it doesn't seem flat if you look at the players' shadows.
  • shawn 8y ago
    Nah, it's more like fur rendering. It looks like they do some raytracing to intersect with virtual grass blades.
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• willvarfar 8y ago
  well that was kinda disappointing - to me it looked like the players float slightly above the grass rather than in it and they leave no footprints nor disturbance. Now of course its damn nigh impossible with current hardware to do footprints and disturbance but, all the same, was hoping all the extra umph of modern hardware would get us there sooner.
• ginko 8y ago
  I don't know. Considering it's like 8 years newer I'd say this doesn't look as good as Flower did in 2009: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUC2tpY5gb4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUC2tpY5gb4 Granted, the animated grass rendering was the main feature of that game, so it probably had a lot more time budget than a game like Fifa can allot to it.
  • TuringTest 8y ago
    That video isn't very good - this one provides a better idea of the image quality of Flower: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzCbca1vfaA?t=1m31s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bzCbca1vfaA?t=1m31s
• bencompanion 8y ago
  The poster child for me at the moment is Ghost of Tsushima: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSAvzeopPC8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSAvzeopPC8.
  • bni 8y ago
    Also I think Horizon Zero Dawn has very impressive vegetation, and it came out last year even.