Researchers at Disney have developed a new image-capture system that can reconstruct all the visible parts of a person’s eye in animated form, at unprecedented levels detail – and the end result is damn impressive.
Eyes are notoriously difficult to render convincingly. Not only are they incredibly detailed, they’re detailed in unique ways, varying dramatically from person to person. What’s more, most of us, whether we realize it or not, are informal experts on the appearance of real, human eyes. Just think of how much time you spend looking at other people’s eyeballs. Unless you’re in the business of creating artificial eyes (and if you’re not familiar with this process, I highly recommend checking it out), you probably can’t name all the parts that make up an eye, or list the visual features that make them appear unique – but you can probably still tell a real one from a fake one, just based on the sheer number of eyes you’ve seen in your lifetime.
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