Alfred Molina technical demo using the unfinalized NVIDIA RSX graphic chipset of the PlayStation 3.
Spider-Man 2 - a Sony Pictures film - was used to demonstrate the power of the PS3 quite often over the course of the two-hour conference, but here it was used at its subtlest level, with Dr Octopus actor Alfred Molina's face born again on the screen and rendered by the PS3. The shadows were realistic, the light reflected and transmitted through the ears - the way that your ears sometimes glow red as strong light hits them - and the skin was softly lit and subtly detailed, imperfections clearly visible, light bouncing off the eyeballs. It was almost convincing enough to be real.
The closest game which will probably showcase such realistic detailed character will be Heavy Rain being developed by the french Quantic Dream. The game will be out exclusively for PlayStation 3 in 2009.
Heavy Rain Screens :
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