The pros in the vfx industry still all use reconstructed geometry. And yes, animating or cropping a Nerf is painful. In my opinion, Nerf is more about showing

The pros in the vfx industry still all use reconstructed geometry. And yes, animating or cropping a Nerf is painful. In my opinion, Nerf is more about showing progress in making AI memorize 3D scenes and the hope is that this will lead to actual understanding sometime in the future.