Why Are Screen Space Reflections Unique?

SSR is one of the best methods to accurately reflect your digital environment, but what makes it special and worth using?

What are Screen Space Reflections (SSR)?

Screen Space Reflections are a technique for reusing screen space data to calculate reflections.

— Unity Documentation

The other options:

While SSR is an option for high quality reflections, sometimes it is not needed or too costly to use.

While not very accurate, they are suitable for many situations where SSR is not suitable.

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Vincent Taylor

Unity game developer / C# Programmer / Gamer. Australian (Tasmanian) indie games developer for 10+ years. Currently looking for games industry employment.