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The world is 3D. I bet the last few films you saw had extensive 3D modelled scenes in them. I bet all the video games you play have 3D cutscenes.

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This is true, but the are pre-rendered for a reason. Anything with water you're looking at 24hour+ sim time, plus render, and 1tb of data plus. SubSurface Scattering (translucency) takes a huge amount of CPU time.

The world is 3D. Video isn't.

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