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This Video About Animating Hair Is Going To Give Me Nightmares, Or A Seizure

The problem of creating realistic-looking hair that moves and shines has long haunted animators (though I do remember being really impressed with Donkey's fur in Shrek). Here's a video explaining how technology has advanced to further enable animators to create stunning, creepily real digital hair. I'm not a doctor, but watching this video COULD induce a seizure, so be warned. It also filled me with a feeling of impending doom. Maybe it's because it has all these scary, lifeless heads of hair and graphs, combined with French scientists talking into awkward microphones. It's...