Nvidia Shows GeForce GTX 480 ''Hair'' Rendering
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Marcus Yam
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Nvidia shows off how Fermi will make flowing hair look in fancy tech demo.
When new GPUs are in development, it's not uncommon for there to be a myriad of tech demos that show all the new realism features afforded by the new technology.
One such steady improvement seen by increasingly powerful graphics hardware is more realistic hair. No longer is hair just a few triangles stuck together, giving 3D characters a look that can only be achieved in real life with an entire can of hairspray.
Netbooknews captured this Nvidia tech demo at GDC, which shows off Fermi's fancy hair rendering prowess.
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Marcus Yam served as Tom's Hardware News Director during 2008-2014. He entered tech media in the late 90s and fondly remembers the days when an overclocked Celeron 300A and Voodoo2 SLI comprised a gaming rig with the ultimate street cred.
