A new optical method that can image subsurface structures under skin has been demonstrated by scientists at NIST and the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory. The method was ...

TL;DR: Minecraft's next-generation update introduces Vibrant Visuals, a major graphical overhaul featuring directional and volumetric lighting, realistic shadows, reflections, and subsurface ...

The Department of Computer Engineering, Sejong University in Korea and ETH Zurich in Switzerland have recently introduced a novel and simple framework for rendering subsurface scattering on surfaces ...

It hasn't been hard to produce realistic-looking skin in computer-generated movies, but it's much harder to do that in the context of a game running live on your console or PC. That trip to the ...