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I want to thank everyone who participated in our little poll yesterday regarding adoption of PBR viewers. The tally as of today: 45% of the 29 respondents said they love it, 28% said they had tried it but had reverted back, and 14% said they had no interest in using one.
As I have shown before, the pic above shows the difference between PBR and full Blinn-Phong materials. Both are the best I was able to accomplish with each graphics engine. Both are part of all my builds now, so users can decide how they want to see them.
As many of you know, I've always been an early adopter and proponent of new viewer features, such as materials and eep, and used them in everything, regardless of how widely adopted the tech was among the user base. And as with pbr now, the primary early adopters are usually artists, designers, and creators, because we are are supported by a great group of patrons who enable us to keep doing what we love and push the limits of creation on this platform. So, if a user doesn't want to upgrade, we understand and we accommodate, but if they do, they're in for a treat :-)
As I have shown before, the pic above shows the difference between PBR and full Blinn-Phong materials. Both are the best I was able to accomplish with each graphics engine. Both are part of all my builds now, so users can decide how they want to see them.
As many of you know, I've always been an early adopter and proponent of new viewer features, such as materials and eep, and used them in everything, regardless of how widely adopted the tech was among the user base. And as with pbr now, the primary early adopters are usually artists, designers, and creators, because we are are supported by a great group of patrons who enable us to keep doing what we love and push the limits of creation on this platform. So, if a user doesn't want to upgrade, we understand and we accommodate, but if they do, they're in for a treat :-)
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I remember when it first showed up in SL and somebody put a huge mirror on their island like gadzillion people showed up and just stared at themselves for hours. Never before in history had any avatar seen what they looked like! If you walked through the mirror you couldn't tell which was you and which was the reflection, some strange paradox lol. But then everyone started making dance floors with PBR mirrors and had to always make sure to wear panties when going to dances.
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I would like to see this comparison with one that only uses the diffuse textures, as almost everything you collect in malls makes no use of the other texture maps at all. I would expect to see a much bigger difference in quality then.
Both your examples look great, the main difference I can see is PBR looks more shiny and reflective. Not entirely sure the extra processing power needed is really worth slight bump in quality though.
The latest FS viewer does perform much better than the first few versions of the PBR viewer I tried. So I will actually stick with it for the time being. They still have a bunch of bugs to workout though.
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Both your examples look great, the main difference I can see is PBR looks more shiny and reflective. Not entirely sure the extra processing power needed is really worth slight bump in quality though.
The latest FS viewer does perform much better than the first few versions of the PBR viewer I tried. So I will actually stick with it for the time being. They still have a bunch of bugs to workout though.
I'll have to post a pic like that where the graphics on the older viewer are set to basic with a default midday environment. Those settings basically wash everything out and make it look cartoonish.
As for PBR, it not only makes things more reflective, it calculates how the light sources interact with all surfaces, providing an overall ambient effect, much as light operates on real life surfaces. It's not ray tracing, but it offers a good approximation. Adding a reflection probe to the room keeps the environmental lighting from bleeding into the space.
The old system, however, is only about shininess within a specific light radius or the lack thereof, which accounts for the significant areas of shadow. In those dark spaces I have to add more light sources to brighten a space up, whereas with PBR that is not necessary.
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As for PBR, it not only makes things more reflective, it calculates how the light sources interact with all surfaces, providing an overall ambient effect, much as light operates on real life surfaces. It's not ray tracing, but it offers a good approximation. Adding a reflection probe to the room keeps the environmental lighting from bleeding into the space.
The old system, however, is only about shininess within a specific light radius or the lack thereof, which accounts for the significant areas of shadow. In those dark spaces I have to add more light sources to brighten a space up, whereas with PBR that is not necessary.