[mikecane]

Anyone out there from Pixar? How does this compare to what you guys have? I still gape at The Incredibles, especially the fine hair animation. But what I saw in the demo here of the cloth looks like something Pixar would want to have. Let me caution everyone, however, I haven't seen UP!, so perhaps Pixar has this or surprassed it.

[sliverstorm]

Based off Pixar's recent movies, and a quick retrospective look at their older movies, I suspect they are sticking to their current level of realism as a matter of style, and only making slight subtle tweaks and improvements. If you compare their old movies to the newer ones, primarily you notice textures and objects are sharper, clearer and more detailed, movements of characters are more natural, and faces are more lifelike.

[glhaynes]

Might wanna check out Toy Story 3 while you're catching up. :)

[wallflower]

Crysis 2 is getting close to Toy Story (original) graphics. 233 MB/frame real-time vs 500 MB/frame (rendered in days on render farm)

[JabavuAdams]

A some of the leaders in this area work at or with Pixar and ILM. e.g. Baraff and Witkin.