Videogame barbers have it hardest
- Posted December 3rd, 2008 at 11:49 EDT by
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If your favorite videogame character has a full head of hair, chances are, it isn't their strong point. This is due in part to the fact hair follicles and how they flow from the roots of your head are very hard to recreate in a digital format.
What does this matter? Well, this leads to the overuse of lead characters that are either bald, wearing a skull cap or have the least amount of hair possible.
A great website known as NewScientist has released a video to demonstrate how designers are making strides in this field in order to create more life-like hair every day. The rendered hair within this video is actually quite impressive and would definitely lead to a higher sense of realism within gaming.
We've included the video below for you to enjoy.
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ephracis |
ephracis- 12:43pm GMT - December 3rd, 2008
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The pitch of the voice of the narrator is REALLY annoying. However, I really hope they can make hair look realistic and also act realistic in video games. Hair and face is the most important part of a character, since that's the general area where you (mostly) look at a person.
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Staticneuron |
Staticneuron- 1:07pm GMT - December 3rd, 2008
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Except this article really doesn't seem to be about games. The talk about simulatied real time in PC but they never mentioned in a game engine. This is more likely for Movie and TV cg artistswho would like to see the final results before a production render.
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LilSciz |
LilSciz- 1:30pm GMT - December 3rd, 2008
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Well personally, Uncharted/Naughty Dog did hair really well and believable. There technique is quick rendering and somewhat dynamic. Follow the links for examples. First link is the ploygon mesh, second link is the finished model.
www.rd3d.com/coppermine/albums/userpics/10001/drake_zbrush2.jpg
www.zbrushcentral.com/zbc/attachment.php
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supamariobrotha |
supamariobrotha- 1:46pm GMT - December 3rd, 2008
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solid snakes hair in mgs4 looks good imo
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DemonOfRazgriz07 |
DemonOfRazgriz07- 4:06pm GMT - December 3rd, 2008
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@ 11: wtf did gingo do to you? he was just simply stating that it's impressive. wow
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tadpole3159 |
faulkner8991- 4:42pm GMT - December 3rd, 2008
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@gingo
in games hair is a texture assigned to a flat polygon, its layered to make it look real. its a pain in the toosh for sure but you dont make each strand of hair.
in film hair is painted and each strand is grouped into a group of about 10 or so, you choose the amount, and they will follow the main strand in that group, again pain in the toosh and extremely holy in detail.
you dont model each stand :P
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vipergts2207 |
D-Smitty- 10:44pm GMT - December 3rd, 2008
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@17 I'm pretty sure the people working on making this life-like hair have almost no clue how to cure cancer. You'd probably need at least a degree in biology to know where to start, which once again I'm sure the people working on this don't have. Am I too, supposed to work on a cure for cancer even though I'd have no effing clue what I was doing.
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