Depth fog
Other (objects, etc.) concept
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Uses a depth fog or similar effect, either to simulate fog or to hide rendering cut-off point.
Notable people involved: Daron Stinnett, Justin Chin, Chris Lund, Ray Gresko and Vaclav Krajicek
Alternate names: Ambient fog, Cull fog
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Originally used purely to hide the garish rendering cut-off point, quickly turned into cheap fog/darkness/mist effect.
On modern systems this has been largely replaced by ambient light, volumetric fog and other techniques that produce higher quality graphics.
On modern systems this has been largely replaced by ambient light, volumetric fog and other techniques that produce higher quality graphics.
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The first Depth fog video game was released in 1994.
Tripwire Interactive and LucasArts published most of these games.