My first reaction to DLSS5 can be summarized as “🤮”.

[wolfpld@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@molecularmusing @aras This is how VR worked in Lukyanenko's Labirynth trilogy. The first novel was released in 1997, and the setting was era-appropriate, so you had 486 or maybe Pentiums, software rendering, and modems. There was a plot point about needing to stay "inside" for 15 minutes or so, while hunted, because 3 MB of data had to be downloaded.

The VR in the books worked by drawing crude shapes on the screen, while you were in a psychedelic trance that made you see them as a real world.

[rich@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@Feral_3D @TomF @aras lol it just runs roop

[doppioslash@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@aras it’s an abomination nobody needs

[rygorous@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@funkylab @aras or the RE Requiem shot where it goes "oh this needs an ultra-bright white key light for sure" completely changing the mood

[rygorous@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@funkylab @aras or the Starfield one where it goes "moody dank looking spaceship? Nah, imma turn that into the HDR photo furniture catalog version"

[gustav@merveilles.town]

@aras iPhone faceifier https://youtu.be/BzKXF0T75ps?t=718

[rygorous@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@ggn @aras I think that and the different atmospherics might be because they recorded from different runs that randomized environment/atmospherics differently? It seems unlikely it would get rid of all the fog and the people with umbrellas and get the perfect background without them

although it's definitely trying to get rid of fog/haze and shadows in _every_ shot they show, and just adding whole extra key lights for the heck of it

[firesphere@cloudisland.nz]

@aras I'm glad they choice Resident Evil for this demo...
It shows how their "breakthrough" completely destroys the mood of the game. It's such a "make stuff generic" thing. Or "prettier according to the default western standards"
And also removed the iconic Umbrella Corp umbrellas to be generic...
And my god this is terrible.

[funkylab@mastodon.social]

@rygorous @aras clearly, the only reason you'd want to light a scene in the rain on a dirty street in the evening is to highlight the finer details of the strands of hairs, in a "hyperrealism" style that rivals a makeup youtuber's ring light close-ups in harshness.
Seriously, in the original, the *natrium vapor street lights are on*.

[rygorous@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@funkylab @aras the girl in the first RE Requiem shot, of course, "time to age her up maybe 7 years, give her filler injections and contour makeup" just... 🤮

[ggn@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@rygorous @aras Maybe so, but I still find it very funny! Like all those faux PS1 style modern games that semi-randomly deform the polygons as you walk, now a feature in AAA games!

[rygorous@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@funkylab @aras I mean this one

like WTF, that's a _completely_ different lighting setup

(also a different face that looks like they recast the role for a Hollywood remake, as in all those shots...)

[funkylab@mastodon.social]

@rygorous @aras I have *so* many thoughts on the implicit (and probably pretty explicit) human biases that lead to that transformation. Surely, nobody would write a female character for a game that doesn't look canonically sexually attractive to the male core audience, right.

[funkylab@mastodon.social]

@rygorous @aras oh, and looks so *in every situation*. Not that I don't know, RE might be an environment where most characters might not be having the best day of their lives.

[ascentress@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@aras Came here to rant about the same thing. Just got off my second playthrough of Resident Evil Requiem, too -- just to find this crap on Nvidia's page.
It's completely dumbfounding. How could the entire chain of command sign off on this? (That's a rhetorical question. I know how, but still) 😭 🫠

[pythno@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@aras Definitely not just you. I find this to be pretty uncanny. And I also see the main problem in overriding artists' intent.

[tojiro@mastodon.social]

@aras The idea that they would label this as "DLSS 5" and not some separate thing feels like a form of branding malpractice on-par with discarding "Office" in favor of "Copilot"

[glyph@mastodon.social]

@aras I had seen this preview image on a few posts and I thought it was a joke, like the "hire fans" thing that "fixed" Aloy in HZD. I did not realize it was the actual NVIDIA promo. Wow this looks atrocious, literally like self-parody, I cannot believe they're bragging about this.

[sschoener@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@aras I for one am very excited for the renaissance of stylized 2D games that this going to trigger. Photorealism has never been something to strive for, and 3D is just one D too much anyway.

[sinbad@mastodon.gamedev.place]

@aras FFS