Despite the fact that we have already seen numerous mods for gta v and some of them very interesting for various reasons, none had managed to surprise us as much as what Intel has created. And it is that by using a database with photographs of real cities plus an AI has achieved a level of photorealism awesome. So much so that at first it is difficult to tell if you are watching a video game or an image of real life.
GTA V and photorealism go hand in hand thanks to Intel
The GTA V thing is starting to be something frankly incredible. The game developed by Rockstar not only continues to be one of the best sellers after so many years, but also one of the ones that is capable of generating the most headlines. Especially since it came to PC was when it began to live a kind of second youth.
Mods opened up a whole world of new possibilities. Not only adding new content, but also offering graphic improvements through the use of textures with a higher resolution and level of detail, as well as more elaborate light effects or higher quality sounds.
However, despite the fact that these different and interesting mods for gta v, we have never seen anything like what Intel has done taking advantage of the game's graphics engine, one of generous databases with real images and artificial intelligence. But first, if you like, hit the next video to play and then we continue commenting on the subject.
What do you think, surprising right? We believe so, and a lot. Well, what you see are images that if it weren't because we already knew that they belonged to GTA V, you would have thought that they were from a real environment. That is, photos and videos taken from the dashboard of a car.
However it is not so. Everything is generated through artificial intelligence that Intel has been feeding based on photographs taken in German cities. That is why the color changes between the original images created by the game's graphic engine and those that are seen later in the video, more greenish and washed out.
Still, those washed out tones, that somewhat blurrier asphalt, and the new lighting effects applied are what really generate that feeling of realism that could even be a bit disturbing. Especially when you factor in other advances and how easy it will be, years from now, to fool ourselves about what's real and what's not in real time.
Because that is another, the images processed frame by framea in real time, analyzing the original structure and substituting the different elements to achieve the photorealistic look. Below you have some static images where you can first see the original (taken by the game engine) and the second generated by Intel.
Can this photorealistic mod be downloaded from Intel?
If you are wondering about the possibility to download this mod photorealistic or improvement shown by Intel for GTA V, the answer is No.. For now it is still an experiment that is true that it gives clues to everything that video games can still improve.
What's more, this own mod so to speak can still be better as Intel tests with two different image bases. On the one hand, there is Cityscapes, which is the one that was used, and on the other, there is Manillar Vistas, which offers a higher resolution and even level of detail.
So it's all a matter of seeing how consoles, PCs and their graphics cards evolve mainly to be able to enjoy all these advances in real time in our own homes. But it is clear that when we thought that we had already reached the ceiling, someone always comes and shakes us to say no, that this has only just begun.