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Nothing In This Video Is Real

Jeevan Sivasubramaniam Posted by Jeevan Sivasubramaniam, Managing Director, Editorial, Berrett-Koehler Publishers Inc.



Computer-generated graphics have come a long way even in the past few years.
Computer-generated graphics have come a long way even in the past few years. This award-winning video is just an example. For all their incredible detail and color, none of the objects -- including the crystals, flowers, fruit and any other images in this piece -- are real, everything is entirely computer-generated. The line between reality and virtual reality is now almost completely indistinguishable.

Silestone --'Above Everything Else' from Alex Roman on Vimeo.

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