Hitman Gets HDR Support at the End of This Month

Io Interactive has confirmed today that the first season of Hitman will support High Dynamic Range (HDR) from January 31, 2017.

The update will coincide with the launch of the retail disc version of the 2016 stealth 'em up.

"As an example, think of 47 in a dark room looking out a bright window," explains Io programmer Anders Wang Kristensen. "Without HDR you would not be able make out what's outside, whereas with HDR you can simultaneously see details inside the room and outside the window."

"Another extreme example is the sun. Without HDR we could not render the sun brighter than a white piece of paper, so we had to 'simulate' the sun being blinding. With HDR we can draw the sun several times brighter, so that it is actually close to being blinding, just like in real life."

Continue reading…

from IGN Video Games http://ift.tt/2iIHeiY
via IFTTT