Comment by overgard

I know who he is. Hey we can disagree with experts on the Internet. Neat huh.

I did read that part. Just because he acknowledged it doesn't make the data any better. He mentions that you can get a relative idea of the darkening, but the reason gamma correction is done in the first place is because the perception is different between screens -- and browsers don't really properly gamma correct images.

I don't even disagree with him - Ssao is unrealistic. I just don't get what all this "data" is meant to prove. Nobody is claiming it's realistic, it's just aesthetically nicer than just plain direct lighting (in some people's opinion)