They also emit real photons. 🤯
Yep, virtual lights work the same as real lights
If they’re not looked at, they don’t consume as much electricity. So there’s that difference.
If you have your back to them, they don’t emit light either!
Edit: Well, reflections, for you with the FANCY GPUs…
Exactly what I thought while I was commenting that. The reflections are what made me rewrite it 😅
That depends on how the game does reflections. In some games they have a mirrored room with an identical but different light for the reflection.
Virtual lights are real lights…
And by convention, all vehicles in video games are electric.
technically they all make fake combustion noises, which is worse.
Why? I like combustion noises
i was making a sad attempt at a joke about electric cars with fake car noises
Why? I like combustion noises
I upvoted both of these because chaos
Huh. Is eternity (the app I’m using) finally broken? Did not even realize I double posted.
Which is really unexpected if you’re looking at an oil lamp.
Change electricity to energy and we’re good again
More interestingly, lamps in video games use the same amount of real electricity if they are on or off.
Highly depends on the rendering engine and if you’re looking at it, as it could unrender if you look away, meaning less energy used.
Did you know that if we took all the rhinos left on the planet, put them in a rocket ship and launched it towards the sun, the would travel 91.511 million mi, and die along the way?
Shades in video games use even more electricity
Not on OLED screens + prebaked lightning
That’s too specific conditions, but okay :)
You made a blanket statement. There are exceptions.
If the game is demanding enough they also consume the same amount of electricity, maybe even more.
If you’re using an older LCD screen, turning off the lamp uses more electricity than leaving it on
But what about candles?
So do stones in video games. And water.
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Unless they are unloaded out of memory
Wait, video games use electricity?
somebody said this at work yesterday, and now it’s here
And are full of untold mathematical horrors, just like physical lamps.
