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Use High-Quality Textures<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Photorealistic Texture Mapping:<\/strong> Source high-resolution textures for your cube\u2019s surfaces. Ensure that these textures have corresponding normal and specular maps to provide depth and realistic lighting effects.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Albedo and Opacity Maps:<\/strong> Use albedo maps for base color and opacity maps if any parts of your cube should be transparent.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>2. Implement Physically-Based Rendering (PBR)<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Material Configuration:<\/strong> Set up your material to use PBR features available in Godot by configuring metallic, roughness, and glossiness properties to enhance realism.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>3. 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