Video: How computer graphics are closing the gap on reality

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Pedro Sander from Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, shares how innovations in computer graphics can help bring images from the virtual world into the real world.
Author: Pedro Sander is an Associate Professor at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology
Image: A boy walks on Media Stairs, an urban decorative feature consisting of 19 steps with video images and computer graphics projected on them. REUTERS/Kim Kyung-Hoon.
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