One of the hidden gems of E3 was the demo of
Unreal
Engine 3. Unreal is a series of first person shooters that have
beautiful graphics but not particularly subtle gameplay. They
license their engine to other companies that make
interesting
games.
Sorry for the blurry picture above, but hopefully it gives you a sense
of the lighting. They have some crazy normal mapping going on with the
monster, then a dynamic lighting model that includes occlusion and
transluceny. Result?
Stained
glass zombie, in real time.
If you're into this sort of technology make a point of seeing the video. It's a 160 meg download. Thanks to Ryan for pointing this
out
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