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nVIDIA Proves Lunar Landing Was True Using Advanced CGI

Until somebody goes back to the Moon, land close to the spot where the first mission took place to find the remnants of the equipment (they did left the lunar rover there) and video stream the whole thing, a large group of people will still believe no one has actually landed on our natural satellite. Before that happens, nVIDIA is here to add another strong case against this conspiracy theory.
Moon landing recreated 1 photo
Photo: screenshot from Youtube
Nonbelievers say that Armstrong’s photos are fake, some arguments being that the lightning conditions seem too studio-perfect and that there are no stars visible despite the Moon having no atmosphere. Apparently, these guys really don’t know how light and a camera works, but video graphic solutions giant nVIDIA is here to show them the photos are plausible.

nVIDIA’s project started in July, with the main purpose being to showoff how powerful their new Maxwell graphics chip is, but soon realized it can do better - recreate the moon landing and brag about their capabilities in one shot.

Global Illumination is the answer

The new graphics cards that went on sale last week are using a neat technology called Voxel Global Illumination, which calculates how light bounces off from objects in real time. For those that are not into graphics or art, to create something that looks realistic, lightning is the most important part to nail.

So, the team did some research, 3D-modeled the whole moon landing scene from the photo and assigned all objects their real-life luminosity parameters. Then added the main light source, the Sun, and virtually snapped a shot of the scene using the same camera configuration Neil used on his when the photo was taken.

Not only does this simulation brags about how accurately nVIDIA’s tech simulates reality, but also shows by simulation that the original photo is correct regarding the shadows, lightning and the fact that you can’t actually see the stars. It was pretty obvious why you couldn’t see them, the reason being the same one they’re not visible at night if you’re in a well lit city - exposure.

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