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Recent Examples of photo-realism
By eschewing dull photorealism for highly detailed and otherworldly vistas that are even more saturated than their movie counterparts, Massive's work on Frontiers of Pandora is transportive on a level that few (if any) big-budget video game productions have been able to capture.
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Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2025
With each portrait, whether solo or group, bust or full-body, the photorealism from afar is stronger than the last, the close-up detail more astounding.
—Stephanie Sporn, Vogue, 26 Nov. 2025
It is designed to accommodate multiple aesthetics, including photorealism, anime, and stylized 3D. Users can maintain consistency across campaigns and format outputs for platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube.
—Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Characters, though, came first, having to be modeled in cubic fashion and keyframe-animated with tactile photorealism.
—Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 26 Apr. 2025
Rather than aiming for photorealism, everything in Minecraft, from the ground to the trees to the animals to the sun and moon themselves, is represented by large, chunky blocks.
—Issy Van Der Velde, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2025
The new model, by contrast, can generate clear text, maintain a consistent protagonist over multiple images, and faithfully replicate artistic styles ranging from hand drawing to photorealism.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2025
Animation appears to be a popular way to get around the photorealism limitations.
—Emily Forlini, PC Magazine, 27 Mar. 2025
The designers have managed to capture the predecessor's style, opting for a hyper-real aesthetic rather than going for straight photo-realism.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
Fran Ruiz, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2025
With each portrait, whether solo or group, bust or full-body, the photorealism from afar is stronger than the last, the close-up detail more astounding.
—Stephanie Sporn, Vogue, 26 Nov. 2025
It is designed to accommodate multiple aesthetics, including photorealism, anime, and stylized 3D. Users can maintain consistency across campaigns and format outputs for platforms like TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube.
—Charlie Fink, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
Characters, though, came first, having to be modeled in cubic fashion and keyframe-animated with tactile photorealism.
—Bill Desowitz, IndieWire, 26 Apr. 2025
Rather than aiming for photorealism, everything in Minecraft, from the ground to the trees to the animals to the sun and moon themselves, is represented by large, chunky blocks.
—Issy Van Der Velde, Rolling Stone, 5 Apr. 2025
The new model, by contrast, can generate clear text, maintain a consistent protagonist over multiple images, and faithfully replicate artistic styles ranging from hand drawing to photorealism.
—Kyle Chayka, New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2025
Animation appears to be a popular way to get around the photorealism limitations.
—Emily Forlini, PC Magazine, 27 Mar. 2025
The designers have managed to capture the predecessor's style, opting for a hyper-real aesthetic rather than going for straight photo-realism.
—Justin Gest, Newsweek, 20 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for photo-realism
Noun
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The realism is clean, the staging deliberate, the narrative clarity unmistakable.—
Philip Martin,
Washington Post,
7 Jan. 2026
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That verisimilitude functioned as a solvent, lending credibility and urgency to elements of the show that might otherwise register as pure cheese; the medical realism and sentimental flourishes were mutually reinforcing.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
6 Jan. 2026
Noun
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It’s based on the fallacy of naturalism.—
Christine Baranski,
Vogue,
5 Dec. 2025
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To increase the naturalism of Morrow having a cybernetic arm, Painter had Ceesay wear an actual prosthetic arm over his own arm to simulate the way Morrow would move with it.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
4 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The verisimilitude rippled out to other departments.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
7 Jan. 2026
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That verisimilitude functioned as a solvent, lending credibility and urgency to elements of the show that might otherwise register as pure cheese; the medical realism and sentimental flourishes were mutually reinforcing.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
6 Jan. 2026
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“Photo-realism.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/photo-realism. Accessed 16 Jan. 2026.
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