The PS5 release date can’t come soon enough, especially if Sony’s PlayStation follow-up is capable of producing the kind of visuals demonstrated at the Game Developer Conference in San Francisco.Epic Games has used GDC as a platform to showcase its new capture technology. New videos featuring Lord of the Rings actor Andy Serkis show how developers will be able to produce realistic character models.In fact, Epic’s chief technology officer Kim Libreri believes that in five to ten years, people won’t be able to tell the difference between the real world and the virtual world.

“You’ll see hardware that can support these kinds of capabilities pretty shortly, and then, finally, the greatest blockbuster with the most complicated effects, within ten years, you’ll be able to do that in real-time,” Libreri told GamesIndustry.biz.

“We’re getting close to crossing the uncanny valley. We’re not totally there yet, but we’re getting close.”

Even more impressive is how Epic Games (with the help of 3Lateral) is able to transform Serkis into a sinister alien character called Osiris Black.

You can see the technical demonstration in the videos below…