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Nvidia disclosed that the RTX Hair capability will arrive in Indiana Jones and the Great Circle come September 4. To simplify, RTX Hair relies on Disjoint Orthogonal Triangle Strips (DOTS) to enhance light and shadow on in-game hair—a fix the firm claims demands much less memory than rendering every strand via conventional triangles each frame.

Employing linear swept spheres lets locks appear more lifelike because the underlying geometry stays round, which curtails self-intersection when shooting shadow and reflection rays. Consequently, Harrison Ford’s virtual twin in the adventure will show a thicker, more convincing mane once the real-time path-traced update lands next month. RTX 50-series cards will support the option, and Nvidia said earlier this year it represents “a big leap toward high-fidelity real-time digital humans.”

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Hair, along with related assets such as fur, has long ranked among the trickiest elements to depict convincingly in games. Thankfully, progress marched on: where characters once sported motionless clumps resembling cutlets on their heads—or tight buzz cuts for countless leads during the aughts and early tens—developers now animate long tresses that swing with believable physics.

Indiana Jones and the Great Circle debuted last year for PC and Xbox Series X|S—PS5 followed in April 2025—and come September its add-on, The Order of Giants, will launch. The expansion sends Dr. Jones on a quest to unravel the mysteries surrounding the Nephilim Order.

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