Epic founder and programming legend Tim Sweeney has predicted that we'll see photo-realistic graphics within the next 10 years
"It's continuing to improve at Moore's Law rate," he said. "Things are going to get really interesting. We'll be able to render environments that are absolutely photo-realistic within the next 10 years, like indistinguishable from reality level of graphics."
But, Sweeney noted, it will take much longer for game creators to create believable AI, among other things..."That just moves the challenge of graphics to the problems we don't know how to solve," he said, "like simulating human intelligence, animation, speech and lip-syncing...
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...icts-photo-realistic-graphics-within-10-years
"It's continuing to improve at Moore's Law rate," he said. "Things are going to get really interesting. We'll be able to render environments that are absolutely photo-realistic within the next 10 years, like indistinguishable from reality level of graphics."
But, Sweeney noted, it will take much longer for game creators to create believable AI, among other things..."That just moves the challenge of graphics to the problems we don't know how to solve," he said, "like simulating human intelligence, animation, speech and lip-syncing...
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2...icts-photo-realistic-graphics-within-10-years