What happened to mirrors in videogames

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Published on December 4, 2024 9:52:26 AM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LVlcrAqbSQ0

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A clear mirror in a game is a rare phenomenon. It was impressive 15 years ago, and it is still impressive today. But is it really so difficult to add an ordinary mirror to a game? Dozens of years of technology development, 9 generations of game consoles are behind us, Ray Tracing has been crammed even into phones, and the reflection in Mario 64 still looks better than in Alan Wake 2. How?! The answer is in the video!

0:00 - Reflections are a lost technology
1:01 - How light (doesn't) work in games
04:08 - Classic Reflections
05:59 - That broke reflections in Watch Dogs
09:28 - Best Reflections (with nuance)
11:28 - Ray Tracing will bring reflections back to games
15:13 - The main catch of ray tracing
19:07 - How reflections are made today