Electronic Arts showcases next-generation hair rendering

Published 2019-05-22 09:04 by Hilbert Hagedoorn

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Fox2232

2019-05-22 08:53

Looks like TressFX 2.0 with better AA.

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Kaarme

2019-05-22 09:18

Looking at the second video, they might finally be able to make a new game based on the original Terminator. That 80's hair...

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emperorsfist

2019-05-22 10:11

I remember TressFX eating all the performance back in 2012's Tomb Raider reboot. Not sure if it's worth it.

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TheDeeGee

2019-05-22 10:38

First video looks pretty realistic in terms of weight and movement.

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fantaskarsef

2019-05-22 10:42

Well... perf hit is probably rather big. Imagine this combined with ray tracing to finally turn things into slideshows even on higher tier RTX cards 😀

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Backstabak

2019-05-22 11:11

I'd rather not buy a second GPU just to make hairs move more realistically. Even though it looks nice.

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Tripkebab

2019-05-22 11:34

EA. Just a bunch of faceless dummies.

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Stairmand

2019-05-22 13:18

I remember using TressFX in Tomb Raider on a FuryX (I think it was) really is a great technology. Improves character models significantly, i'd definitely put up with a FPS hit to have an improved version.

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Undying

2019-05-22 13:55

fantaskarsef:

Well... perf hit is probably rather big. Imagine this combined with ray tracing to finally turn things into slideshows even on higher tier RTX cards 😀

It will be so big that if you want 60fps you'll have to play bald. 😀

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Dimitrios1983

2019-05-22 14:24

Undying:

It will be so big that if you want 60fps you'll have to play bald. 😀

Well the good news for the HITMAN series is that there is job security for him since he's already bald. Ha ha.

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vestibule

2019-05-22 16:26

I defiantly prefer Lara's hair. Her body hair rocks. Boys.

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Raider0001

2019-05-22 16:44

Fox2232:

Looks like TressFX 2.0 with better AA.

why not NVIDIA HairWorks ?

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cowie

2019-05-22 16:50

then at least you can use face works so the hair can see where its going. the hair detail is pretty cool but you really need the whole head or its not worth it

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TheBigSmooth

2019-05-22 17:15

Isnt Frostbite notorious for being an awful engine for developers to work on? As cool as this looks... what kind of performance cost will it take to make this happen? Im glad people are implementing this sort of thing but honestly 1 game will probably use this tech on this engine.

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