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Harrison Ford’s iconic look is getting a virtual upgrade thanks to Nvidia’s new RTX Hair technology, set to debut in ‘Indiana Jones and the Great Circle.’ Instead of traditional triangle-based models, Nvidia is employing spheres to render hair, resulting in more realistic lighting, shadows, and overall fullness without a major performance hit. This innovative approach leverages the advanced hardware capabilities of the upcoming RTX 50-series GPUs, specifically their enhanced ray tracing capabilities for hair and fur. The technology also incorporates support for the linear swept sphere (LSS) primitive, which Nvidia describes as a crucial advancement toward achieving high-fidelity digital humans in real-time rendering. Players can expect to see Ford’s hair looking better than ever when RTX Hair is implemented via an update to the game’s real-time path tracing mode.