I agree. The sphere looks good. But the AO messes up the shading on the cube. It’s got a shadow from AO on the lit up side, and the AO shadow on the shady side is too regular.
Much more realistic. The odd AO shadows are still there, but aren’t noticable on the new cube material. Well done. The only thing now is overcoming the cognitive dissonance of such a well-rounded concrete ball :spin: .