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by Devid2014 3814 days ago
No we are still not there and will not be for a long time. But with time we will get closer and closer.
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No we wont, its no longer paying off to invest that much.

Write a bunch of new shaders - nobody notices anything. Write a good procedural content generator- suddenly applause. The gfx-race is over- it died a horrible death on the plateau beneath uncanny valley. Its a real shame, cause the technology invented is just so neat- but that is how it is.

Battlefront just won a ton of awards due to tech they created for that game that makes the terrain look amazingly realistic. It seems like people still notice.