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[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Didn't quake bounce light 4 times?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (4 children)

Certainly not real-time. The colour lightmaps available with some video cards were baked in

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Real time RT really is meh, but I like what they're doing in CS2. Prebaked Global Illumination looks freaking fantastic.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago

Unironically yes.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (4 children)

I just want to know about the ONE real world use for bouncing light. Probably referring to research so groundbreaking that it shifted our entire understanding of the nature of light if not the universe in general.

Just small stuff like that 🤷

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know you're joking but it's extremely useful in medical imaging techniques and for earth observation.