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A lot of people seem to be taking the term 'photorealistic' a little bit too literally, when we say video games have photorealistic graphics, people don't assum
by grawprog 6y ago
A lot of people seem to be taking the term 'photorealistic' a little bit too literally, when we say video games have photorealistic graphics, people don't assume they are literally photos of things.
These are just 3d models of statues created to look as lifelike as a photo. Nothing more nothing less.
They're no more accurate or not than the original statues. Unless we were to go back in time and physically see these people there's really no way to tell either way.
It's just an interesting interpretation generated by some algorithms and a large sampling of data. It is what it is.
- thomasahle 6y ago> They're no more accurate or not than the original statues. Unless we were to go back in time and physically see these people there's really no way to tell either way. That's why the author uses multiple historical descriptions of the looks of each emperor. So he can make the pictures more accurate than the original statues. He also uses paintings and other statues for comparison.