How games have faked interiors for more than a decade
Games have been faking windows in buildings for more than a decade. In pursuit of maximum visual quality at minimum performance cost, shortcuts have been taken, and interiors that do not exist have been rendered. In fact, there is a good chance you may have seen one of these “fake“ windows in one of your favorite games in the past.
This video gives a brief history of the effect, and explains how it is implemented. It teaches to spot the fakes, compares different variations and teaches the underlying mechanisms in a way that is understandable without prior graphics knowledge. Enjoy.
Chapters:
00:00 - Fake windows
02:08 - How does it work?
05:17 - Refraction
07:07 - Origins
06:43 - Imperfections
09:48 - Other examples
11:00 - Adding walls
12:11 - Why?
13:26 - Closing words
Selected sources:
- “Simon schreibt“ blog pos
- Joost van Dongen: “Interior Mapping“, CGI 2008
- Andrew Willmott: “From AAA to Indie: Graphics R&D“
- #post-2751518 “Interior Mapping“ forum thread
Creative Common Assets:
- Building facade: Image by pikisuperstar on Freepik #query=shop front&position=11&from_view=search&track=ais
- Obj Camera () by DionHsu is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution ().
- Interior back layer: Image by upklyak on Freepik #query=grocery store background&position=0&from_view=keyword&track=ais
- Interior middle layer: Image by macrovector on Freepik #query=interior-supermarket-banners&position=4&from_view=search&track=sph
- Interior with walls: Image by upklyak on Freepik #page=2&query=building inside&position=39&from_view=search&track=ais
- Fish tank picture: Bengt Oberger :
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