Is geo the solution to tex smoothness from various angles?

Justo

Is more geometry the solution to texture smoothness from various angles? With "smoothness" I refer to how much can a texture give the illusion of volume when seen from more extreme/perpendicular angles, if that explains it.

Example:

Scruples

Not much to say here, add more geometry. There are tricks that exist like tesselation but they're not worth implementing when adding another lod will solve it.

Obscura

Yes. Or you can use parallax effects but geo is cheaper.

ZacD

More geometry is the easiest solution. If you wanted to get fancy, and know the model is only going to be viewed from a certain angle, you would paint the textures in a way for it to look smoother, but that's really specific and not practical.

Justo

Got it, thank you for your input. I wanted to know if geo was indeed the cheapest/easiest solution and it seems to be so.