ray traced reflections are really nice
ray traced general lighting is a waste of resources 100% of the time<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-30:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/catgirl.rehab\/notes\/a7rfg4tbma8q000v","object":{"id":"https:\/\/catgirl.rehab\/notes\/a7rfg4tbma8q000v","objectType":"note","content":"
ray traced reflections are really nice
ray traced general lighting is a waste of resources 100% of the time<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/catgirl.rehab\/notes\/a7rfg4tbma8q000v","status_net":{"notice_id":null}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-05-14:objectType=thread:nonce=3541b27ed0189735","notice_info":{"local_id":"9903709","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-05-14T12:02:36+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/catgirl.rehab\/notes\/a7rfg4tbma8q000v"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.me.uk\/users\/UKFilmNerd","displayName":"John \ud83c\udfac A Film Nerd \ud83c\udf7f","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/139818-original-tmp20250505183935.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":400,"height":400},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/139818-96-20250505184035.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/139818-48-20250505184035.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/139818-24-20250505184035.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"139818"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/139818-96-20250505184035.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"Hello, I'm a self-confessed #film nerd who likes to watch, read about and review movies.These reviews can be found at my blog, of which the address can be found below. There are also reviews of games, books, and anything else that takes my interest. I\u2019ve also written for FilmStories.co.uk.When I'm not watching or writing about film, I love #reading, #gaming or building #LEGO.I\u2019m self diagnosed as autistic, and very middle-aged.I look forward to chatting with you. \ud83d\ude0aKent, United Kingdom","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.me.uk\/@UKFilmNerd","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"UKFilmNerd","displayName":"John \ud83c\udfac A Film Nerd \ud83c\udf7f","note":"Hello, I'm a self-confessed #film nerd who likes to watch, read about and review movies.These reviews can be found at my blog, of which the address can be found below. There are also reviews of games, books, and anything else that takes my interest. I\u2019ve also written for FilmStories.co.uk.When I'm not watching or writing about film, I love #reading, #gaming or building #LEGO.I\u2019m self diagnosed as autistic, and very middle-aged.I look forward to chatting with you. \ud83d\ude0aKent, United Kingdom"}},"content":"
@rosey<\/a> Maybe it's just me, but I find it amusing that you need beefy PCs with expensive GPUs to get ray tracing but yet developers have been faking the lighting effects for years in games and it's looked almost as good.<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-30:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.me.uk\/users\/UKFilmNerd\/statuses\/114505980362949319","object":{"id":"https:\/\/mastodon.me.uk\/users\/UKFilmNerd\/statuses\/114505980362949319","objectType":"note","content":" @rosey<\/a> Maybe it's just me, but I find it amusing that you need beefy PCs with expensive GPUs to get ray tracing but yet developers have been faking the lighting effects for years in games and it's looked almost as good.<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.me.uk\/@UKFilmNerd\/114505980362949319","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/catgirl.rehab\/notes\/a7rfg4tbma8q000v","url":"https:\/\/catgirl.rehab\/notes\/a7rfg4tbma8q000v"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/catgirl.rehab\/users\/a0hlgm2u3z9p0001"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-05-14:objectType=thread:nonce=3541b27ed0189735","notice_info":{"local_id":"9903710","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-05-14T12:02:35+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.me.uk\/@UKFilmNerd\/114505980362949319"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/catgirl.rehab\/users\/a0hlgm2u3z9p0001","displayName":":oppa: kittymaxxing :oppa:","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/295223-original-tmp20241113033115.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":630,"height":630},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/295223-96-20241113033115.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/295223-48-20241113033115.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/295223-24-20241113033115.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"295223"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/295223-96-20241113033115.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"expect to see a lot of manga, anime and videogames, a lot of cats, a little astrophotography and whatever else is going on in my lifenative eng + \u5c11\u3057\u65e5\u672c\u8a9efun things are funlet's be friends!","url":"https:\/\/catgirl.rehab\/@rosey","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"rosey","displayName":":oppa: kittymaxxing :oppa:","note":"expect to see a lot of manga, anime and videogames, a lot of cats, a little astrophotography and whatever else is going on in my lifenative eng + \u5c11\u3057\u65e5\u672c\u8a9efun things are funlet's be friends!"}},"content":" @UKFilmNerd@mastodon.me.uk<\/a> that's the thing, they never really nailed fake reflections (screen space reflections are ok some of the time) so ray-traced reflections really stand out @UKFilmNerd@mastodon.me.uk<\/a> that's the thing, they never really nailed fake reflections (screen space reflections are ok some of the time) so ray-traced reflections really stand out
faked lighting is at the point where ray-tracing might be more technically accurate but not enough that anyone's going to notice and if it's not denoised well it's going to look worse too<\/p>","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-30:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/catgirl.rehab\/notes\/a7rfpd73ma8q000y","object":{"id":"https:\/\/catgirl.rehab\/notes\/a7rfpd73ma8q000y","objectType":"note","content":"
faked lighting is at the point where ray-tracing might be more technically accurate but not enough that anyone's going to notice and if it's not denoised well it's going to look worse too<\/p>","url":"https:\/\/catgirl.rehab\/notes\/a7rfpd73ma8q000y","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.me.uk\/users\/UKFilmNerd\/statuses\/114505980362949319","url":"https:\/\/mastodon.me.uk\/@UKFilmNerd\/114505980362949319"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.me.uk\/users\/UKFilmNerd"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-05-14:objectType=thread:nonce=3541b27ed0189735","notice_info":{"local_id":"9903712","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-05-14T12:02:34+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/catgirl.rehab\/notes\/a7rfpd73ma8q000y"},{"actor":{"id":"https:\/\/sacred.harpy.faith\/users\/Zergling_man","displayName":"Zergling_man","status_net":{"avatarLinks":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/161943-original-tmp20230821133406.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":130,"height":140},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/161943-96-20230821133406.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/161943-48-20230821133406.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":48,"height":48},{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/161943-24-20230821133406.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":24,"height":24}],"profile_info":{"local_id":"161943"}},"image":{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/avatar\/161943-96-20230821133406.webp","rel":"avatar","type":"image\/webp","width":96,"height":96},"objectType":"person","summary":"If you recognise my avatar I'll ask for your hand in marriage.Stop consuming goyslop vidya, come play good old vidya with me instead: http:\/\/rakka.au\/swat\/Hashtags are groops, just use them.My groops:#shoujo - cute girls doing cute things#gfl - raifu posting#recc'd - myroid postingoh yeah I'm the admin btw","url":"https:\/\/sacred.harpy.faith\/users\/Zergling_man","portablecontacts_net":{"preferredUsername":"Zergling_man","displayName":"Zergling_man","note":"If you recognise my avatar I'll ask for your hand in marriage.Stop consuming goyslop vidya, come play good old vidya with me instead: http:\/\/rakka.au\/swat\/Hashtags are groops, just use them.My groops:#shoujo - cute girls doing cute things#gfl - raifu posting#recc'd - myroid postingoh yeah I'm the admin btw"}},"content":"@rosey<\/a> @UKFilmNerd<\/a> Just render the room twice.","generator":{"id":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2026-06-30:notice-source:ActivityPub","objectType":"application","status_net":{"source_code":"ActivityPub"}},"id":"https:\/\/sacred.harpy.faith\/objects\/a867a4f2-f1f7-4a73-9bd7-fd8f0d025098","object":{"id":"https:\/\/sacred.harpy.faith\/objects\/a867a4f2-f1f7-4a73-9bd7-fd8f0d025098","objectType":"note","content":"@rosey<\/a> @UKFilmNerd<\/a> Just render the room twice.","url":"https:\/\/sacred.harpy.faith\/objects\/a867a4f2-f1f7-4a73-9bd7-fd8f0d025098","status_net":{"notice_id":null},"inReplyTo":{"objectType":"note","id":"https:\/\/catgirl.rehab\/notes\/a7rfpd73ma8q000y","url":"https:\/\/catgirl.rehab\/notes\/a7rfpd73ma8q000y"}},"to":[{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/mastodon.me.uk\/users\/UKFilmNerd"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/person","id":"https:\/\/catgirl.rehab\/users\/a0hlgm2u3z9p0001"},{"objectType":"http:\/\/activitystrea.ms\/schema\/1.0\/collection","id":"http:\/\/activityschema.org\/collection\/public"}],"status_net":{"conversation":"tag:gnusocial.jp,2025-05-14:objectType=thread:nonce=3541b27ed0189735","notice_info":{"local_id":"9903713","source":"ActivityPub"}},"published":"2025-05-14T12:02:33+00:00","provider":{"objectType":"service","displayName":"GNU social JP","url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/"},"verb":"post","url":"https:\/\/sacred.harpy.faith\/objects\/a867a4f2-f1f7-4a73-9bd7-fd8f0d025098"}],"links":[{"url":"https:\/\/gnusocial.jp\/conversation\/5052024","rel":"alternate","type":"text\/html"}]}