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Vector Displacement Tests in Blender

Some test renders demonstrating the power of vector displacements coupled with adaptive subdivision in Blender. This is a new feature that is currently available in pre-release experimental builds. Model and maps are from nutelZ's very good youtube video on the subject: https://youtu.be/iNAdi1nzOvE 
There are no colour textures or normal maps in use here, only an HDRi for lighting and the displacement map: this is where all the detail comes from (the colour variations are down to the HDR (a plain BSDF shader was used with a high roughness and a cream-ish basecolour).

Full quality displacement

Full quality displacement

Animation demonstrating the displacement

Full quality displacement

Full quality displacement

Full quality displacement

Full quality displacement

Full quality displacement

Full quality displacement

Basemesh wireframe

Basemesh wireframe