You know how in movies and TV shows, people can ENLARGE and ENHANCE images to improbable levels, and you’re, like, that’s not even a thing? It is a thing (… kind of).
Reddit user compxs36 has upscaled a series of Cyberpunk 2077 screenshots from 4K to 8K with the waifu2x neural network, a process that increases image resolution without compromising the image integrity. The science is super complicated, but if you’ve ever tried to double an image size in Photoshop, it’s also super impressive.
I’m not entirely convinced that compxs36’s decision to remove noise from the images is necessary – film grain creates drama, okay – or even makes much difference anyway, but the result is very sexy and also very on trend for a game about the questionable prospects and consequences of technology.
Cyberpunk 2077 launches on PC, Xbox One, and PS4 on 17 September.