Real-Time Grass and Other Procedural Objects on Terrain (2015) (jcgt.org)

Does Fortnite feature the same algo?

Isn't the grass on that video just a hi-res bitmap texture on flat ground? Sure looks like it.

well that was kinda disappointing - to me it looked like the players float slightly above the grass rather than in it and they leave no footprints nor disturbance. Now of course its damn nigh impossible with current hardware to do footprints and disturbance but, all the same, was hoping all the extra umph of modern hardware would get us there sooner.

I don't know. Considering it's like 8 years newer I'd say this doesn't look as good as Flower did in 2009:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUC2tpY5gb4

Granted, the animated grass rendering was the main feature of that game, so it probably had a lot more time budget than a game like Fifa can allot to it.

The poster child for me at the moment is Ghost of Tsushima: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSAvzeopPC8.