>>980129
>The point is that PBR is not realistic anyway. It's Disney-realistic. It's a chinese plastic simulator essentially.

I disagree, PBR is very much on the right track, it's bad rep is from how it clashes in art styles and implementations by people who use a
trashy variant of it and lack the finesse to make the most of it. Instead of going for a subtle realism they go for hyper realism where they
over-emphasize the characteristics of materials to present what ends up reading like a cartoonish variant of the thing they depict.
It typically looks liek the material they intend it to be but it comes across as sterile and artificial like something from a photo-studio of
a surface that been wiped clean from all imperfections inside a clean room.

I've implemented PBR myself based on the 'Disney Diffuse BRDF' and they're very open about what it is and isn't if you read that original paper.
You don't like something about the look you can just change it. What's genius about the approach over legacy shaders is how it get's
you thinking about shading in a very unified way. It ensure that you develop assets that will looks just as you expect and behave as expected
regardless of composition and light conditions.

For example I don't use the same specular lobe as they do and that goes a long way to remove that typical 'disney plastic' look.

If you know some HLSL or equvallent everything you need to know to roll your own is available here.
https://media.disneyanimation.com/uploads/production/publication_asset/48/asset/s2012_pbs_disney_brdf_notes_v3.pdf

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