New here, but really engrossed in this thread. Have been looking for somewhere to discuss this subject for a while now.
Very curious though about model density and the impact this has on realism.
On a number of web sites (gaming), there will often be 2d thumbnails of both cgi characters and real life people, and it is still so easy to tell apart, even just from 2d thumbnails that only contain a very limited number of pixels. Which got me thinking that if, hypothetically, we viewed a current gen game on an old CRT TV, it would still be relatively easy to tell apart, again, even with a very limited number of pixels available. So using this an an example, if someone was tasked to emulate a real life scenario to be viewed on an old CRT TV (720 x 480), shouldn't this be far easier than having to satisfy the same requirement on a modern 4k screen? Given the choice, I would rather play a game / simulation that was lifelike in a far reduced res, than one that was not as realistic on a higher res setting. Apologies if I've not got my point across here in a technical manner, or using the correct jargon, its just something that's niggled me in my head for a while now and just glad to be able to share it. Hopefully someone can word it better and elaborate!
