Comment by ur-whale
4 years ago
SSAO is well known to be a quick and dirty approximation, not sure what the point of the article is.
It would have been much more interesting to see a comparison between the photos of the corners in his room and a ray-traced version of a 3D model of the room with full bidir metropolis and a long render time.
Most of the stuff that is well known to some group of people isn't well known to everybody, so maybe don't just be that dismissive? Also, the article is ~10 years old. I wouldn't be surprised if it actually contributed to how well known these facts are today.