As most of you fine readers are aware, I’ve been playing video games since pretty much the term was invented. I’ve pretty much exclusively played PC games, as I’ve always found consoles to be a bit to impractical. Despite this, I’d like to share this item found on digg. I’ve been commenting for years in both movie computer graphics and home PCs that the visible limit of human perception is quickly being reached. Video games on my PC today have far better computer animation then movies made 10 years ago. Still shots are particularly hard to distinguish. Of course if you look at details like image grain, background and lighting you can usually ferret out the truth.
The PlayStation 3 game Grand Tourismo 5 has blurred the boundary between photos and photo-realistic graphics. Follow the link for the quiz and see how you do.
Honestly, I did quite badly, with a whopping 8 out of 14. Pretty much means I couldn’t tell the difference.
Answers (yes I clicked and clicked until I got them) after the break….
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October 9th, 2007 at 1:14 pm
6 out of 14 here. Yikes!