The short hair example in particular is remarkably realistic. Immediately familiar to this guy who spent most of his childhood with a skin fade, and a massive i

The short hair example in particular is remarkably realistic. Immediately familiar to this guy who spent most of his childhood with a skin fade, and a massive improvement over the flat image texture or bump maps that are usually used. Because many black people (especially African-Americans) have a mixture of hairtypes, I expect the results to be even better once something like this is implemented alongside existing systems.