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Ono-Sendai on July 29, 2016 | parent | context | favorite | on: John Carmack: Steps to Avoid Aliasing in VR

I think the problem with mimmapping bump maps is that it effectively smooths the surface, so you loose the bump effect.

tgb on July 29, 2016 [–]

Can't the same be said for mipmapping textures? Losing detail at low LOD is expected, though I can't picture if bump maps lose 'more' perceptually.

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