If you game on PC or either current gen console (XBox One or PS4) you'll be happy to know that tech company NVIDIA has revealed the impressive graphical features of Batman: Arkham Knight as well as other titles like Assassin's Creed: Unity, Far Cry 4, Borderlands: The Pre-Sequel, and more.
"According to NVIDIA, Batman: Arkham Knight will support Turbulence, Environmental PhysX, Volumetric Lights, FaceWorks and Rain Effects. Project CARS on the other hand will come with DX11, Turbulence, PhysX Particles, and Enhanced 4K support."
NVIDIA GameWorks™ pushes the limits of gaming by providing a more interactive and cinematic game experience and thus enabling next gen gaming for current games.
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Turbulence High definition smoke and fog with physical interaction as well as supernatural effects
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PhysX Scalable multi-platform game physics solution supporting a wide range of devices, from smartphones to high-end multicore CPUs and GPUs
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Clothing Quickly generate dynamic clothing. Artist focused with intuitive and easy authoring tools
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Destruction Enables artists to quickly generate pervasive destruction significantly enhancing the gaming experience
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Particles & Fluids Particles enable artists to easily provide a much more immersive environment by using physical particles which can interact e.g. with wind and explosion force fields. Particles can also be used to simulate fluids
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FaceWorks Library for implementing high-quality skin and eye shading
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WaveWorks Cinematic-quality ocean simulation for interactive applications
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HairWorks Enabling simulation and rendering of fur, hair and anything with fibers
Here are the actual slides from their event. Consoles currently support PhysX Destruction, Clothing and WaveWorks. Additional effects are planned to be supported later.