Building Character, Wrinkle by Wrinkle, in a 3-D World.

Describes a technique used in designing video games called normal mapping to render characters and objects. Provision of a high level of detail without requiring so much computer processing power that the game play would slow down; Use of polygons to render characters, objects and scenery in video games like The Chronicles of Riddick; Escape from Butcher bay; Pressure on game developers to improve realism into their computer-generated characters and environments; Aim of matching the realism of video games adapted from films.