galaxynextdoor:

Sony and Microsoft are not planning on releasing new consoles any time soon. 2014 are the rumored launch years and as I’ve said earlier, I believe this is great. Further cementing the point that these consoles are not maxed out is this new tech demo from Japanese RPG studio tri-Ace. Known for their Valkyrie Profile and Star Ocean series, it looks like the legendary studio is really stepping up their game for whatever their next project is. 

The goal of the demo is to “Keep material consistency under indirect illumination using Physically-based Rendering.”

Technical facts:

Rendered in real-time on Xbox 360 / PlayStation 3

Runs at 30Hz with 720p and is directly captured from the video output on the devkit

Real-time lighting and shadowing used (no baked light maps)

Key features are physically-based shading models, physically-based lighting and image-based global illumination.