unwatchable! >:|

power of ray tracing

It’s just me or it seems that in the first part of the image, where in the right eye there should be the reflection of Zephyr Heights, in the left one there is the reflection of a different place?

@SparkleDash  
@Softy  
Might just not be enough ambient light or contrasting surfaces to make the reflections noticeable. ^^

@SparkleDash
 
Look closer. Like almost touching your nose the the glass close. (Close one eye if that helps you focus.) Also make sure you have good lighting on your face.

@Softy  
My eyes look similar to the G4 characters’ eyes. Black in the middle, a ring of color around it, then the light shimmy shines on it in a few little white dots and stuff. No mirrored images at all.

@SparkleDash
 
Well then you’re a vampire. Congratulations?

@Softy  
I just did and I didn’t see myself reflected into my own eyes’ reflection.

@SparkleDash  
Yes, they do. Go look into a mirror right now.

Do eyes even work like this? I’ve never seen my own reflection when looking in someone’s eyes. Seems kinda like more “realistic” than reality “realism” to me.

Who are you, CSI?
 
“This proves that the security footage was faked. Our vic wasn’t killed by a unicorn.”  
“Well then, sounds to me like we’re looking for… a horse of a different color.”  
YEEEEAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH

Yet another example of someone with WAY too much time on their hands

I think the point of this upload is demonstration that eyes reflections are not real, because they are identical in different locations.
 
I don’t think it’s mistake, more intentional tradeoff. It’s tradeoff of technical correctness vs making eyes pretty vs movie budget. It’s hard to make eyes reflection looking nice when you can’t control highlights shape, and it’s hard to control eye highlights when they come from environment. Also saves some rendering time, so you don’t have to render whole city just for character eyes
 
Maybe worth to make different reflection maps for different locations though.

Boy I really hope somebody got fired for that blunder!

and, what is the point of this?

That… is an iffy detail without knowing the whole scene. The animators might just be trying to lean into the dramatic moment.

So this is pretty common in 3D animation nowadays. 3D artists use HDHRs, which you can think of a spherical panoramic pictures, to automatically calculate shading and reflections from all angles on a model in a realistic way. On extra shiny surfaces like eyes you can actually see the HDHR picture, which is what’s going on here.

Ta tell ya the truth…  
They look the same to me boss.

Holy moly, they’ve added eye reflections! That’s awesome!