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photorealistic

American  
[foh-toh-ree-uhl-ist-ik] / ˌfoʊ toʊˌri əlˈɪst ɪk /

adjective

  1. Art. created with such precise and accurate detail as to look like a photograph.


Other Word Forms

  • near-photorealistic adjective
  • non-photorealistic adjective
  • photorealistically adverb

Example Sentences

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His simulation argument is drawn from looking at the pace of development in our own modern lives: In the span of two generations, videogames have advanced from simplistic graphics of “Pong” to photorealistic, 3-D simulations with millions of players competing simultaneously.

From The Wall Street Journal

ARG began the process of identifying which tiles needed the most remediation by doing a photorealistic laser scan of the building that MacLean described as a sort of high-tech x-ray.

From Los Angeles Times

“His posters made many of our movies into destinations … and the memory of those movies and the age we were when we saw them always comes flashing back just by glancing at his iconic photorealistic imagery. In his own invented style, nobody drew like Drew.”

From Los Angeles Times

Sora 2 allows users to generate short-form AI-generated videos from simple text prompts, as well as insert their own photorealistic avatars into scenes.

From The Wall Street Journal

These two high-intensity talents, each with something to prove, seem to have egged each other on to be exhaustingly photorealistic.

From Los Angeles Times