<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jan 10, 2009 at 11:02 AM, Doug Lundin <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:doug.lundin@gmail.com">doug.lundin@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
photorealistic rendering seems to me to be highly desirable and would move us closer to a viable business solution. </blockquote><div><br>Have you seen market research which suggests photorealism makes for a better business case? If not, I wouldn't assume that this is the case. The research that I've heard of suggests that attempting photo-realism can actually detract from the usability of a virtual world. If users expect photo-realism they are actually distracted by inconsistencies rather than being focussed on the task in hand.<br>
<br>I can think of better uses of all that processing power.<br></div></div><br>-- <br>Ben Francis<br><a href="http://tola.me.uk">http://tola.me.uk</a><br>