Classic hacker news Gnosticism making fun of a designer. The idea the iphone software ecosystem had anything to do with its success is humorous. Remember it didn't even have an app store or anyway to run local yet it was a best seller. Keep worshiping code like it doesn't run on hardware, ha.
I find it much easier to remesh and deal with textures with a crappy 3d reconstruction vs working with 2d images only. I also shoot HDRI and photos for PBR. I find sculpting tools super useful for VR, but yeah its still an Art even with all the AI help.
For someone who played outside growing up, ray tracing is a nice addition, the baked lighting always drove me crazy in my games. I put it up there when I noticed Physics engines stopped feeling like I was floating through a game.
Can you share any anecdotes, or some more details? I've been watching this "app generation", and I've read Prensky's nonsense about "digital natives", so I'm always interested in concrete examples of how it's playing out. Thanks!
For example, students now regularly turn up at universities unable to use files or folders. They have to be given basic IT lessons before they can start to work with data.