What's the limit to the growth of animation? (If any)

[TheGuy]

With how amazing animated films are looking nowadays it begs the question of how will animated movies look in the next 10 - 20 years, is there a limit to how much better these films can look? I think there's always room for animation to improve but still, it's crazy to think how far the medium has come

 

[Pooky]

Impossible for anyone to accurately answer. I remember when Beast Wars looked amazing and I didn't even consider that N64 games would or could ever look dated, we simply didn't know what the next 20, 10 or even 5 years was going to bring.

For what it's worth, I still think CGI humans, at least non-stylised ones, leave a lot to be desired. I think the human characters in Inside Out 2, for example, look hideous, but given that it's about to have the biggest opening weekend in about a year I suspect a) People don't really agree with me, or at least don't really care, b) it's not going to be anyone's top priority for a while. And arguably this is as much design sensibility as it is technology.