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Published May 15th, 2003 by Jim O'Halloran

Matrix 2 Visual Effects

Wired talks about the visual effects in Matrix Reloaded. Soudes awesome…

The standard way of simulating the world in CG is to build it from the inside out, by assembling forms out of polygons and applying computer-simulated textures and lighting. The ESC team took a radically different path, loading as much of the real world as possible into the computer first, building from the outside in. This approach, known as image-based rendering, is transforming the effects industry.

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